The Wendigo and the Incubus
I only wanted to know the taste of your lips Now bits of you are stuck in my teeth –in my bones— In my chest and I can’t get out From the...
Fresh
There’s a rush that swells your chest and suddenly you discover lust in slow motion. My heart is ripe. It’s ruddy I look at you and I...
What it's like to be Human in a Non- Human Form
soul I went to bed muttering something about God, or not a God, or a woman an uncertain self-separation, a soul in the arms of a sea —...
Madre Patria
Madre, that Spanish man was no good. His hands touched what shouldn’t have been touched His tongue forced down your throat. He said you...
Dark Burgundy
Your room was the darkest shade of burgundy Built upon the remnants of an old nursing home The walls were laden with old photographs...
For all the Vagabonds Lost at Sea
I spent the summer on my back, staring at the sea Lying in the sand, grieving with all the other vagabonds I could see Bermuda, I could...
Things Unspoken
Sometimes ants crawl out of my mouth Carrying the things that are dear to me And I am left unable to speak Sometimes I walk into the yard...
Palpable Morning
There was flute music playing, red apples in the apple tree. There was fog over the woods slapping my mind around My feet were so pale...
Home in a Hairpin
But before I could be compelled to listen to the echoes calling me further. A rider and his horse galloped along the trail. The...
Forlorn Fall Flashbacks
Whenever I am alone, Be it in the morning, Just when the top of the golden sun Peaks over the North Adams mountain tops, As I sip...
