You’ve begun to shut down. Spend more time alone. Converse with your cat for relief, When the mere sight of a human, Makes you retreat
Read More(for my granddaughter Athena) I’m drawn first to the fingers, for their craftsmanship and eloquence, for their exquisite reproduction of the ones now gently holding
Read Morefor herself He watches her face as she writes out hope. After that first kiss, he broke her heart once. No more. How many
Read MoreSunny days that hurt instead of heal. Your t-shirt on my desk, unsure if it wants to be kept or thrown away, foolishly mailed a
Read MoreI would have loved you after any death. Your face became victim to turbulence, a violence so tangible that everyone wept in their way of
Read MoreWe are insipid lovers Your breaths draw curtains While I trace the linen imprint of your cheek Dawn blush and shiver Stars hiss and
Read Moreat 8pm my wife takes my son to bed she changes his diapers, puts his pajamas on, then calls out to me “Goodnight, Daddy!” “Here
Read MoreFractured words split by this icy tongue send chills from my lips to freeze, but you cautiously kindle bitter twigs beneath me, thawing every frozen
Read Morei can feel the pattern we have fallen into – the form of it has crystalized around us i catch myself in how i react
Read MoreYes, my first clue, I now know, should have been your love of beautiful but dead flowers; the sickening yet sweet smell still lingers though
Read Morefor Angela The morning I closed your eyes I sat looking at your high school portrait on the living room bureau until pink and
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