soldiers take the field foam swords and shields Costume City troops dressed in batman suits they paused for lunch at noon

Been called a jabroni for lighting a stogie. Inhaling the relief, exhaling my grief. Dawn, August 13, 2023.

a chandelier of rainbows tattooed below her eyebrow blush and bruised, Captain Luna inspected the sloppy crew dressed in their business suits

charred scents linger within the astronaut’s mind suits, boots, glove fingers leave scent memories behind reek of burnt toast and sulfur

Djarum special. Spice of smoke. On my porch, breathing tobacco and clove. 2pm, August 13, 2023.

Uniform yellow lines you stretch out to the curb. The lines that stretch in blue are already reserved. Long white lines stretching down t…

gasoline on my FOX TV I don’t want your MSNBC make a shrine to remedy burn all these effigies went outside, sun felt hot

we are still evolving who have we become our thoughts and doors revolving all problems still need solving as we orbit our dying sun

subdermal dust spots speckled like freckles across the nose of a woman next door on her balcony

summer brings slurries wicked sticky sleet drops puddling, pooling, icicles drippin… slush gushes from the frosted roof… winter heat fries the egg

golden angel hair strands upon the earth needles of the bull pine scattered on the grass and dirt trap fallen raindrops

breath of sky on her spine creeping, chilly blows flow down to her thighs the slightest summer wind

a porch light leads me home glowing bright like a lighthouse beam warning of the rocky shoals the farmland sky at night

lava oozes down the peak the sweat and heat, my body quiver… glowing golden, burning streams blazing, globbing, gobbling flames hungry molten rivers

strings that bind manipulate each step we take future, past, present-day threads tangling