hooray say the roses, today is bla… and we are red as blood. hooray say the roses, today is Wed… and we bloom wher soldiers fell and lovers too,

Wagner wasn’t done with us. I was standing in the yard during gym class when he walked up to me. “I’m putting you on garbage detail until further notice.” The kids had to work off their...

the elephants are caked with mud a… and the rhinos don’t move the zebras are stupid dead stems and the lions don’t roar the lions don’t care

the wind blows hard to night and it’s a cold wind and I think about the boys on the row. hope some of them have a bottle

she wrote me for years. “I’m drinking wine in the kitchen. it’s raining outside. the children are in school.” she was an average citizen

the higher you climb the greater the pressure. those who manage to endure learn

I sat in the airport and waited. You never knew about photos. You could never tell. I was nervous. I felt like vomiting. I lit a cigarette and gagged. Why did I do these things? I didn’...

drunk and writing poems at 3 a.m. what counts now is one more tight

in the Valkerie Mountains among the strutting peacocks I found a flower as large as my head

escape from the black widow spider is a miracle as great as art. what a web she can weave slowly drawing you to her she’ll embrace you

I went with two ladies down to Venice to look for antique furniture. I parked in back of the store and went in with them.