Photograph of My Mother

What comment could you make about my childhood? You cannot know my mother’s eyes and the way her hair... more

I Have

I have a
wet mouth
in this pink
apartment.

I still have that.

Boy—
you think we’re... more

15 October

The daytime moon is halved in a bright blue sky and a confusion of birds flows together and apart again over the... more

Ask her to aim her index fingers.
at you. Aim yours.

i.

When the moon card is reversed in the tarot, it means you'll be waiting for a long time to clarify the question you need to... more

Standing in the pieces of a broken guitar
I screamed at the summer for sleeping around
breaking my heart with the... more

I remember
the first time

I saw a foreign
cherry. I blushed

a little armpit.
I saw how a... more

Nest #1

Of fine black roots
and the space between two classes
of water chutes.

Of crevices
in the folds of the... more

I had the milk from a dandelion all over my hands once in the sun and in... more

feeling in pain
both emotional and physical
I head into the light.

In the... more

it rained lightly then was very warm
on the bridge i felt connected to the... more

The barista is so pretty
my girlfriend would be
disappointed if I didn't
cheat with her.

Modern Conveniences 2012 - 2014

There were moments when I forgot about the dog
Whining and shivering, like a toddler in its... more

1.
In human beings, the wink is known to convey one of four emotions:
           Sexual... more

POEM ABOUT MY VIBE

my look tonight is Asking For It
a tight vibe is U Can't Have This
I only wanna be in VIP lines &... more

Two teenagers finish the last apple in the house and then wait for something to say.

"I'm thirsty now," one... more

A little nervous after my 70,000th cup of coffee this lifetime
I was wary of forty-three year... more

That’s / when the purple doors open into steamy / bathtub of surprise. That’s when there’s / an impossibly-deep Prince breath & then—

I keep waiting for them to say / something the least bit unfamiliar.

How was I supposed to know / what to do about every pimply boy wanting to stick his / dick in my mouth?

When you said, please / don't look at me like that and he / said you are lovely like flowers / and the only flowers you could think of / smelled like a bad night of drinking.

By living according to core values, we can carry on daily tasks with conviction. Conserve fossil fuels. Avoid the plastic cycle. Too much looking around can lead to paralysis due to the inevitable sense of unfathomable vastness that makes consciousness feel like an infinitesimal quirk.

I tried to balance things with prescriptions; I tried some more.

“An extremely rare Pokémon that may evolve in a number of different ways depending on stimuli.” – Pokémon FireRed

I’m a symbol of an America newly forged and I live with like 1000 other turkeys in a yard Who gives a shit