Mother’s Day

Her hand sought mine, and my heart flickered.             A tsunami roared in the distance. I laid on the shore of a peculiar island. It was dense with ineffable arrays of bizarre and otherworldly plants. The island towered upward, sharp mountaintops slicing the clouds, ascending, jagged ridges lined with lustrous green life. Natural perfection, yet... Continue Reading →

American Boys

Stiff jeans. White shirts. Bare feet.Candied sweat on glazed skin.Peach fuzz in a high glisten, sizzling  under a circumspect sun. Tennessee whiskey on the tongue.A Lucky Strike behind the ear.Hands gliding through hair and lips chantingsummertime refrains.Sprawled in the sand, blessed by the breeze,timid limbs and churning stomachs  combineon infinite California shores. Sons on the beaches, in unfettered... Continue Reading →

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