The saintless hold a disdain for history. Unfixed hearts pop and cramp along an axis which circumnavigates the ruin after terrible decisions. Proximity is better
more loveI don’t want to throw your words back at you, as I sit here, alone, spinning my records with thoughts of you in my head.
more loveIf you open me now, she says, you’ll see all my yesterdays carefully put up like home-canned tomatoes, peaches, pickles, beans—the bounty of summer stored
more loveI remember 17, working weekends, my first real job, girl-boss of Housekeeping, trading soiled cloths for clean. First lover, I met you there. College boy,
more lovein an alternate universe / I am 12 / and I do not seek suffering in starvation / believing hunger is my superpower / I
more loveEarly birds crave the first rays. Worms pray for mercy. Leftovers beg for attention. I’m left with the waste. I seize a single streamer, tie
more loveThey say hair holds memories And if that’s true I’m calling my barber. I want to erase the feeling of your fingers on my scalp
more loveLeaves litter concrete bed, having succumbed to wind’s ecstasy. & we’re left picking unstrung emotions across the room, tooth-picking bliss, reliving every kiss. You can
more loveNo words in the mail, no words onscreen, nada in the tête-à-tête of fingers embracing in the waiting room. Silence disperses us like tear gas.
more loveMom’s work schedule had changed. She wasn’t home much and often sleepy even when she was around. Twelve-year-old-me wrote a letter saying I missed her,
more loveEven before my daughter Isabel died, my spouse and I were struggling. We seemed incapable of working through anything. Karen was downstairs when I took
more loveThe joy in Billie’s eyes reflected the warm, low, glow of the candles on the tables. Vince wanted only to gaze at her – to
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