Smoked salmon on buttered bread, a steak brushed
with olive oil and turned twice over a roaring fire,
Do you ever get that feeling like something bad just happened but
you forgot what it was?
once I owned a wooden door
& a field of ice & I was big-hearted, gentle, prefaced
my friends’ names with sweet & kissed them
and I have never | wanted so instantly | so much
as to be this heterosexual | doctor who scoops
I wish I were as fabulous as Titus
removing a pair of sunglasses
Imagine my surprise to find I’m the only one of me here:
then imagine the exact opposite of that, my lips curled
Maybe he can reshape the doors. Maybe he can carry me through.
Read MoreThe first time you died, your friends
searched the universe to bring you home
He calls again to say he’s upset I’m making it
difficult for him to feel close to her. How I
a hammer to hold onto its handle,
a Phillips head to cozy up
My chest, a jar
of honey knifed
In shorthand, words are written as they are pronounced. Know is written no, say is written sa, sew is written so (GREGG Shorthand Manual Simplified, 1949).
Read MoreIn shorthand, words are written as they are pronounced. Know is written no, say is written sa, sew is written so (GREGG Shorthand Manual Simplified, 1949).
Read MoreTonight is my turn, the mattress on the floor stacked with pillows like a pyre
in a field of cotton. Because I’m not your only lover, when you touch me,
look
look at this -
The barber pops a pill,
sharpens his razor.
Lillian fills a glass bowl
with pebbles, listens
for scratching in the walls.
I don’t want distractions, a woman thought one day, I want to pay attention to one thing.
If you do that, came a countering voice in her head, you will be noticed, and noticed for the wrong reasons. The world is
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