(2013)
Is there any way I might touch yo… that doesn’t skim right off the su… of your exquisitely contrived vene… Is there a plea which I might utt… that would stir you from within?
Sometimes I worry what you’ll thi… about these words I spew upon this… Not often. Not for very long. What of the form and structure?
That cranky old mongrel hound cooped up down the alley; he ain’t got no teeth no more but he still knows how to snarl. he gets them young pups all worked…
God has spoken. I have been listening, the message is clear. The psalm itself is silent, if the psalmist’s voice falls stil…
Neon lights buzzed in staccato out… Sleep seemed something I dare not… I took myself looking to ease my a… keeping to steamy side-streets and… heading for the part of town beyon…
I gaze down now upon the cracked and battered shell of the fearsome fiery dragon that once held me in her sway. It’s remarkable just how frail
I’ve been so afraid to speak these heartfelt words. This secret has been kept so well, from myself, by myself,
I am your greatest grandmother calling softly on the ocean winds. I was never lost to you forever, only swallowed by the other half o… Come down with me to the quiet pla…
I stole myself away from thee and me, for love of sweet Mary Jane.
I am here now. I have removed my outer garments, placed my trust within your circle… I have come because you promised. You told me you would be here
Some time ago, I made my way down to the crossroads, to try my lucky hand at the devil’s gaming tables.
The storm is brewing. I smell it in the air. I am panicking. I can barely breathe. I fear this tempest
I am awash with tears of mourning for what I thought was dead and go… as though a flood of holy water has broken through the stony dam I contrived to spare this brittle…
That blue-gray rainy day, the blue-gray funeral parlor. There you were laid out in blue and gray. So still.
Almost silent, A numbing hum. It is a cold cloudless night. A brilliant bone-white moon hovers amidst stars upon stars upon stars…