Poems

Ornamental

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…