The One Who Left
The one who leftnever left, or leaving,leaves a painted shadowthat outlasts the real wall:the one who leftnever left. The one who stayednever saw, and stayingstays confined in shadowcast there from…
Pyramid Scheme
Crone,old meat,once, this town was your home;now you're living on the street.The bottom line has put you there to rot. You can'tpay the rent.Every seven yearsit doubles. Now shelter is…
One Sock On, One Sock Off
On this coldthresholdcampedcramped stiff and soreat your doorhere I lie.No reply. Not abjectnot brokendreaming, yes,for real, eyes open stoned on purehope's elixir,centered, alignedclimbing blind: Hummingbirdhalf-assureddragonflydarting by river otter'sdaughterquicksilver thrustill water,…
Point Lobos Outlook
Persistent at the brink, the cypresseslean away backward to receive the windsprevailing on this spot, balancingresistance and compensation in the open-weavebasketwork of their limbs: weight braced facing a single wayagainst…
Sestina for the Matriarch
It’s filtering down across our state linenow that the storm has passed—the kind of waterwe’d like to think was born of the river,but it’s not. It only arrives after drowningswine…
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