dying of cancer saying her prayers they came to bathe her she asked if would hold her Rosary… “of course”

when they have shaved the flesh until it drapes from the bones a mind begins to entertain the del… and an end will be had

dehydrated my heart became small hardened by the air of hopelessnes… with a little time and some water it has grown and changed

she always turns a light on when she thinks of me checks under the bed to see if i left behind a kiss

loading the chamber to kill that which he fears most one round will suffice

heaven throw me out but i’m keeping the halo you should have no doubt i am ready for limbo so hold me

my body is not a temple it is more like a corner bar in Wisconsin kneeling

the blade has always been dull how it was made never

i was 24 riding the Amtrak for the first ti… with a six hour layover in downtow… i left the station looking for a s… but before i found anything resemb…

walking down the path that leads t… from 15th street i pass the same pothole that was t… twenty-two years ago as black and as deep as it was

it’s there when nothing else is but the radio and a near crippling… it climbs around on the walls and… hissing like a poisonous lizard th… you cut the tips of your fingers a…

THE ARTIST constantly trying to get somewhere he

i followed the pigeons to Gordon park just to hear them coo their electric feathers alive in the sun

i entered into my junior high poet… with such a sense of excitement to share the craft that i had disc… just a couple years earlier a craft that my gramma had

as summer wanes a chill comes about the air darkness replaces sunlight and the leaf loses it’s grasp upon… it cannot be blamed for its fall