Onyx morningsit to breathebreathe to sitand watch themind frames reelscenes of raptureor is it rupture?sound of Highway Onepuss-eyed dronesCity-boundcommute, commutedbreath, damn it!notice stomach expandlike a balloonface slack as baboonthe neighbor’s skin headprickles my Jew skina drunk cries into his handsa coyote on the hilltry countingin pairsevil twinsfinally, gracea single breatheclipses thought, ellipsestelescopes intoinner spacea singleblack... Continue Reading →
He wasn’t there at the time we said.Someone, a woman, told me he had beencalled to work. I asked for him throughthe orders window at the Short Stop.Beside grey Chryslers he askedif he could make me a hamburger.I said no, I was alright. The bentmanilla envelope had enoughfor a plane ticket. I wish I had... Continue Reading →
* Author's dog Nai'a We put the dog down yesterdayCancer in the gut ate her upSlowed only by CBD, the miracle elixirthat gave us six moons more to howl with gusto and gloryNai’a was she, “dolphin” in Kamehameha’s tongue,a name we learned in Fiji, and liked and would have named our daughtera child who turned... Continue Reading →
* Author's dog Nai'a By Nai'a, a German ShepherdSlow and docile, friend of the sunmore sleep than wakesluggish, mellow, stupid as a stone dreaming the hot blood of lobos-pack quickened by the chaseas mighty antlered stag and sleek doe fleeleading panic-stricken squirrels by the score SQUIRRELS . . . oldest frenemies,I chomped and gobbled ONE TWO THREE... Continue Reading →
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“You may, at some point, feel rather uncomfortable.” Laila glanced over her partner’s shoulder at the slight man pacing around the room, a slimy shudder of resentment raising the hair on her arms. Their guide for the day moved between the pairs of facing seats in gentle swoops, arms swaying just behind the pattern of... Continue Reading →
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A Texas summer dayBordersLike water/rockTree/skyRope swing/airRoad/sidewalkWater/air to breatheMy brown-skinned daughtersSwim, play, float, dive, clingA Texas summer dayBordersLike current/shoreClay/solid groundWar/peaceFear/full belliesCold/blanketsJourney/cageTyranny/freedomBrown-skinned daughtersEnter the riverAnd leave the EarthEnter the desertAnd leave the EarthAnd dive and playIn limestone poolsBetween earth and sky Read More in Poetry
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In the park, panties flashlike flags of fugitive nationsEvery animal on the merry-go-roundreplaces the last and maintains, each timethat it’s always been there, twisting with twisted delightthe afternoon from its stem, heaving it discardedjust footsteps from where it had lived so peaceablyGently enthralled by thighs and the threat of rainthe promise of tedium and dimpled... Continue Reading →
