poem

sue i side

you should do that thing you should do before you told yourself you shouldn’t * i am the umbrella and the rain and the river that once brought about both thousands of years ago waiting for them to come back tired and crying from above hoping for gentle brush of calm reassurance against the drowning … Continue reading →

the big contraction

and do i contradict myself no i am the universe yes i contain multitudes maybe i need a little more little   and a lot more less * i am a body paragraph without a thesis a run on sentence tired and panting a constant conjunction hoping for more than or a two sided sword … Continue reading →

the royal poor

poetry is powerless until you come along lonely hoping to find something that will make you feel powerful and like you belong again   hi king hi slave * we are the only planet to know we know we are the only planet who can love and lose this love and this makes us forget … Continue reading →

type setting

planet b

she left me with whatever was left of me like night that needs morning to make it whole   rise baby it’s time to get up and get going down town with the day that has had a head start and thousands of years to prepare to make you   show it that it wasn’t … Continue reading →

at most

she’s not rich but at least she has a job she’s unemployed but at least she has free time she is lazy but at least she can rest she hasn’t moved from her bed in weeks but at least the padding is soft she isn’t responding but at least she still cares about her looks … Continue reading →

every poem

i feel like if i’ve heard one good poem i’ve heard them all for a poem a good poem feels all from i * it was the red apple blossoms that didn’t bloom this season for a shadow was blocking the tree after burning with the fire of all civilization’s hate and ingenuity millions of … Continue reading →

a coward’s roar

daffodil   brave and yellow in the green grass capturing the sun   be sad soon for winter always comes * moving on will seem like not moving for a while longer than the two of you maybe like maybe you could get back and move on together   but like the waves sometimes the … Continue reading →

thunder calls my name

i am told everything is about sex especially the untold and i want to say the first thing that isn’t about sex   i want it bad * to land to live lightning must first enflame the earth * i don’t think i can make it but luckily i don’t have to think to get … Continue reading →

the year without days

it was the year without days and it only took a few seconds where you were on the Chilean sands where she always wanted to go because there’s the mountains and the ocean and the two of you in between the blue and blue and her bluest of all despite being here finally here with … Continue reading →