thinned from yearsof smoke & drink& now the strokemy father died inhospital shittingthe bed but nothis bed & isn’tthat just like himmarking territoryuntil the end
Category: Poetry
2022-03-17
my motherdied beforeshe saw thisday a sixty-sixth time,the cancerseeping intoher bonesshe thoughtonly back-aches &her cellseating awayher cellstoo much,too every-where todo morethan acceptthe inevitable& hospice& thenmy sisterwatched herthin &two weekslater whenmy motherleft shewent quietin the night,no rageagainst thedying light,one momentthere & thenext roundgone, nursesplying midnightfloors […]
2022-03-09
they came down the streetto the wailing child & theflashing lights, the hospitalshrugging the curb, a pileof steel & cinders & dust& the sky a ragged woundbeneath the screamingjets & the mothers roundwith agony & meanwhilethe madman in his bunkershoves tin soldiers acrossthe table […]
2022-03-06
rip wiresradiate myarrhythmicanalog heart radio dialsclick & turnunnumberedstations tostatic bliss the battlelines aredrawn bypoor boys& cosmonautslost intransmission
2022-02-28: Kyiv
a dead eyegathers flies from skeletonpockets, sunflowers bullets, bulletssing a lullaby
2022-02-24: Ukraine
after the dawnbombs after the bombssnow after the snowsilence after the silenceshock after the shockblood after the blooddefiance
2022-02-24
I’ve triedto escapethe pasttoo manytimes & nowthat bastarddrives a’68 Chargerso watchout sonhe’s comingup fast
2022-02-15
half-offdrugstorecandy heartsmeans foolswill payanythingfor love
2022-02-13
standing onone leg inthe middleof traffic isa good wayto test yourmortalityespeciallyif you alsoneed to pee
2022-02-09
if you’ve readthis note thenyou know therest so getto it—whatthe hell areyou waiting for?
2022-02-08
I have takenthe road lesstraveled & I’vegot to tell youit’s the exactsame damn roadas the busy oneexcept with fewerassholes behind thewheel & more billboards& rest stops so makesure to bring plentyof cash for snacks
2022-01-28
hey, thelast letterof thelast wordof thelast sentenceof thelast paragraphof thelast pageof thelast bookof thelast librarywould liketo saygoodbyebut alasthe endis nigh
2022-01-27
like the flyat thewindowdoes notunderstandfree passageis a gift ¬ a givenwe beat ourwings againstthe other’swords awaitingatmosphericchange
2022-01-26
the black dog settles on my chest;my heart thrums a gallows beatthrough open windowed dark—stars look away with each breathtrees exhale in moon-rushed exultation(if there is sleep, let sleep come;if there is dream, let dream overwash;if there is silence, let silence breakagainst the wall […]