Caruso on Pluto
Part of me still believesit’s possible to breathefire. Miles Davis can’t be the only one.I’ve positioned myself closeto where the membrane’s thinnestnot just for the ripbut also the merrimentlike when…
Whoz Side U On, Anyway?
Once there was a mountain herethen a glacier came and whenthe glacier melted, the ground lookedlike brains so some critics came alongto decide who was avant garde enough.Those that weren’t…
Vacationland
I dreamt I was somewhere elseand woke up there. Huge cableshung above me like someone else's ideasof guilt, they could get you somewherebut in another season. A dog I knewtrotted…
Red Glove Thrown in Rose Bush
If only bodies weren’t so beautiful.Even rabbits are made of firecrackersso tiny they tickle your hand.If only the infirmities,blocked neural pathways, leg bracesand bandages didn’t make everyonelook like they’re dancing.Breathing…
Long White Feather
in the Knife Drawer
Dread of what’s grown in the night.Dread of metamorphosis,of the branch blown down in the storm,of the ghost hand brushing my face,of antlers snagged in the starry wastes,of the whole…
Resignation Letter
This clam doesn't have the slightest ideawhat's about to hit it. Well, maybeit does but approaches life with bemusedbecalmed detachment and therefore deathis no big deal, not to be avoided…
Another Long Day
in the Helping Industry
I’ve been grinding my teeth again,my bike helmet filled with floral goo.Think of this as a dream if it helpsand I know I try to. Ghosts in eddies,accusatory driftwood, squirrels…
Discharged into Clouds
On the fifth floor I spent 10 dayslearning how to walk never farabove the earthworms, never farbelow the sky. The darkness there had nothing to do with an absenceof light…
Unlikely Materials
Continued soggy in the personal todayalthough two strangers smiled at me,one because I couldn’t open a plastic bageither, the other because I stepped asideas if I was holding the door…
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