poems born of merciless memory & incessant inquiry

Untrained Eyes

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

Dadding Defiantly

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

Ornamental

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

On Emily

What fools your friendsWho found a fountainAnd dared not drink

Tiny Token

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

Tributary

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

I Returned

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

Poked & Infringed.

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

Offing The Page

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

epiphany

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

all along

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

Family Portrait

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