Once it was a gradual thing to leave a place.Today a whoosh and everything is gone—the Rocky Mountains with their snowy glaciersmelting into lakes and rivers, preternaturallyblue-green, the skinny spruce and fir treesthreaded tightly in a tapestry, the unseenpresence of black bears and wolvesand wolverines—all disappeared, and we are backamong our shaven hills,beside our faded... Continue Reading →
The wind is subtle. I imagine her whisper as I stand alone in Goliad Plaza. I remember the press of her hand against my chest after we danced. We trusted each other a little more each second as people watched her spin again and again to a Tejano song whose name I wish I knew,... Continue Reading →
There will be some pain.For me, a demon in the lower spine,a jab and a pinch, the body’s prophecy.My grandmother has needles in her hands,and I’m not surprised.Most of her life has been scissors and thread.There will be a change in the light,a body rushing between the sun and home.A giant bird, perhaps, a cryptid,... Continue Reading →
In the upper part of my bodyA cognitive bell ringsFrom a dial-up connection of live wiresThe modem is working justTo repeatedly provide the facsimile ofBarren and bald pathsInner lumbering of daily freightCoiling, clutching upwardThere is no vivacityThe vital force has parasitedHow do I inhale life?My days and nights are boltedInside a brain cellMy voice has... Continue Reading →
