poetry

Dear Idealism

Dear Idealism, I thought you died that time. It was the way she said (        ), the look, the gesture, the inescapable what if. How do you feel no...

New Moon Warranty

If moons aren't planets But magma satellites And each lunar month A new one's guaranteed, Why are we on your couch Watching ancient episodes Of FRIEND...

Thinking Ahead

I plan our break-up before we have our first kiss. It’s as if I am yearning for  someone to hurt me before they love me. Whip out the chain and slash me  acro...

When I Go Out

when i say my name i pick my voice up off the floor dust it off stretch it out it was made with mountain timber and a cellists draw   i count the day...

Selfie

The most perfect thing I’d ever made, he wore my smile with a candor I could never muster, stretched it like the neck hole of a favorite sweater as he gave...