Some Dead Chickens, Hancock, NY
Last Sunday night chill killed the chickens in their coup, all frozen beak, flat eye— feathers off-angle, broken bone, skewered. We...
the introvert’s love letter to the invention of the door
praise be for that everyman barrier to all things too social and loud that lets me peacefully sit and watch seinfeld on repeat i could...
Combustion
Rose petals are so beautiful when you rip them from the stem and throw them on the floor of the bedroom. And its so romantic to chop...
Blue
“what’s ur favorite color” ur soft words surprise me as i lay on the yellowing grass i don’t respond i feel my skin melting off my...
Ode to the rainy walk of shame
Wet azure and cobalt sky; a tempestuous sea, that laps against the rusted bricks. Amidst the thick cascade, eyes catch the dance of ...
A Questioning
God steps on a broken bottle between bricks in a tight alley curses—lights a cigarette leans against blood-red-blocks and plucks...
trade center bowling
we break even at the bowling alley, symmetrical destruction, seven-ten split in one of five unlit lanes, carpeted walls and a crucifix...
Black girl magic
They told us , you are free that my ancestor fought to end slavery that we no longer have to cut sugar cane or pick cotton But I ask...
Goddess of the Hunt(ed)
Cold-as-the-moon Artemis Goddess of the Hunt Twin of, but second to, Apollo and his sun-streaked chariot Apollo, who leads the Muses ...
Paradise / Immortality
Feet in the sand, I stare out at the horizon Ocean sprawls on for an eternity Am I immortal? Waves crash down like thunder claps I move...








