Monthly Archives: February 2017

The Dent Beneath His Eye

    The morning I noticed The little dent Beneath his eyes, I was sunk. Some remnant from childhood, A tree poorly climbed, A baseball bat swung, Not ducking quickly enough, Or a chicken pox wound He couldn’t help but … Continue reading

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Intergalactic Deliverance

Is there a postal service that Will send my picture into space? I searched, scoured, Everywhere along 1-94 Because, desperately, I want to be a eternal snap shot In the cosmos. To stowaway in the universe To cheat my timely, … Continue reading

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My iOS Professionally Pleasures Me and Perhaps I Love Him

I once installed A flashing, fuchsia background Dressing up my dull, Spoiled, millennial soul. First: To blind you, surprise you More than your pastimes of Spirited verbal warfare against Limping, comatose, caught opponents. Second: Freedom from frustrations, the treachery of … Continue reading

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Anything Too Sweet

Now, We peel back our rotting skins Like grounded tangerines. We echo smiles through Wind-tunnel mouths Moved by pared lips. Would Moses part the Red Sea If he had been privileged to A preview of the Promised Land? What is … Continue reading

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Sticking

  I used to thread needles through the clouds Piecing together the sky with airplane thoughts I’d pray, murmured amens, heavy enough to sink ships My hands gathered rust while I worshipped Beneath a pulpit’s iron, steady stare. Words hanging … Continue reading

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