Category Archives: Poetry

station

station is this on i can’t seem to find a signal you came in so clear from the start. tumbled bottles on keyboards unbuttoned shirts you and me always from the start dialing through frequencies. this station is on but … Continue reading

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that time i worried that i was michael douglas in wonder boys

…yeah, i saw the movie before the book and i watched it three times before reading the book. three times! can you believe it? i always liked michael douglas, we share a name. and toby maguire was good too, remember … Continue reading

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our motion has always been constant

our motion has always been constant these things happen like thunderstorms in february you don’t feel them coming until the shingles are gone and you’re knocked down taciturn, tasting your blood in the gravel of your past regret. it is … Continue reading

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fragment

…calm, breathing raindrops through my eyes. what settles will be a deeper silt of forgiveness. i am a dictionary and words sometimes matter and can paired with actions in a quilt woven by tears. no mantles will define me but … Continue reading

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assassin

assassin let’s undress you can see me my bible is open my white chest is spilling my garters are only held by the chosen part of your thighs let’s undress your binocular fingers are all over me your legs are … Continue reading

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overheard

…in the midst of a drive without peace, i stop for gas and overfill the tank; the gasoline devours my knuckles and it is good.  good to feel pain, to not reach for the comfort of salt or oils.  i … Continue reading

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letter from charlotte

Author’s note–This is still in rough form but very meaningful to me. Revisions may occur later this evening. letter from charlotte let me tell you when they say it gets better that’s bullshit so let’s get that out of the … Continue reading

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diagnosis

diagnosis viewed on a label the script screaming against a label bleached by order five words separated by indignant colons this is clarity this is not chaos you have fought sterility been defined by the denial of your heart’s drum … Continue reading

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afternoon interlude

afternoon interlude …watching a beautiful sky with a brisk wind flitting through the trees waving their leaf flags like wands. my daughter chatting to herself, golden hair a parachute of hope and innocent joy. my hands typing, fingers plying a … Continue reading

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of the whole

of the whole as slight as a firefly, this furtive glance back into the memory of your hurricane hands leavened into mine the first time. i remember slickened streets, lampposts watching over our gait. both of us in awe of … Continue reading

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