Treat

I want to be rewarded for my good thoughts. My good purchase. I want free shipping. Gentle... more

Cosmogony

In January the birds awakened mid-
flight. In February the bats left
their cave and we... more

scare tactics

I grew hands by the dozen
I was a generalized reaching
clasping monster it was
not... more

Poem from the perspective of Sasha Velour’s rose petals during her lip sync performance of Whitney... more

air wants
to hold
flame down

Did we go to Boston twice or did all this happen in one trip? I remember two different rooms but we used to change hotels all the time,... more

unadorned

Lick me with your warm
honey tongue. Give me your port-wine
stain birthmark.

You are... more

The kettle boiled; I made the tea,

And when I turned around,

I saw she’d set the cups and placed

A third one for the skull.

please believe me
            when i tell you this
            when i tell you of the high concentration of uranium and thorium 

DROUGHT

Flat water became rare in the house.
We loosened our jaws and drank
sparkling water from... more

Every book says I’ll miss this part.

"Late Spring" and "Inconceivable"

"A Haunting" and "Shape Shift"

"Eve Learns to Dominate," "Farmers' Market," "Small-Town Fuck Geometry," and "Religious Art"

"A List of Men I Have Dated" and "Dear Diary"

on a plastic chair...

I was reading today how trees, though not touching directly,
talk to each other...

I like to say I hate it when people say this,
but sometimes it really is what it is...

To be led by the engine of empire...

"Baby's First Drag Show" and "A Brief List of Things an Apple Is Not"

" ... look at me now, with a margarita / in a little pitcher thing, shaken"

A two week notice.

The streets are empty. The bars are less full. 

In 1644 John Weston, age thirteen or sixteen, depending on the source, stowed away.

On the road ...