Poems

Untrained Eyes

A donkey roams his pen at Camp BaduhmLashed black eyeballs bat away blood-swelled bugsWhile braying breath melts…

In frills for thrills High heels for weather Wherever we find grass together You know what? Pavement,…

mindful you won’t brushmy blistered bladesI’ve sealed decay butI’m still toxic nearwound walls

What fools your friendsWho found a fountainAnd dared not drink

I’ve learned to regret littleAnd nearly nothing fully Even so I’m discomposedWhen I weighThe fallow sapIn which…

To share the worst of me with strangers To keep the best of me For You.

My silvering friendHave I given you all you deserve?What will you tell the Xolo at the end?Are…

Flippers washed you in whiteLike sterilityBut I know your disease like typhus in an infirmary Caulked in…

I’ll never own one– Thelist of diagnoses is too long but take a Secondand review the 27…

oh, there you are little lily-draped lightning bug brave boy battle born wriggling wild wrestler with your…

invoking a miracle it occurred to me a star doesn’t wish upon itself *

*This world has been cruel to me. I will have my vengeance.* For those who refuse to…

Mommy groomed Mefrom crib to bibto toddles and tantrumsHer favoritest kid she wanted a daughtershe had only…

There was a trendIn the 90sAmong nuclear white familiesMostly At the mallAt a SearsOr JC PennyMaybe Painted…