Monthly Archives: July 2016

Play the Game

You’ve been warned. You’ve been told. You’ve had explained to you over and over and OVER again what needs to happen – what you need to do: get moving get in the game get the lead out. You need to … Continue reading

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The Bridge Flatters Her Eyes

We cross the expanse leisurely, late with little light to guide us. We take time for neither has anywhere important to go this night. We speak of King’s Brand Cabbages and how much it matters in the making of her … Continue reading

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Last Submitttable Word

Is that your final answer your ultimate statement on the subject? Will you accept no further conversation no subsequent debate at any point? Are you done have you finished are you decided how this will all go down? Have you … Continue reading

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The DL

In school she offered me a massage which was relaxing and stimulating at once and I thought “This is someone I could probably get to know better” but she was seeing my hall-mate and maybe a couple of others on … Continue reading

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Regarding Alice

How’s Alice? She’s good, I guess. We haven’t been in touch for some time now. It ended like things tend to. It’s not like mammals are meant to date for life. Mate. I meant “mate.” Mammals aren’t eternal partners. Men … Continue reading

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Summer of 99

This is a poem for Jennafur who spelt her name wrong but it wasn’t her fault since that was how her whacked-out parents wrote it on the hippie commune she was born into. Jennafur, I knew you for a very … Continue reading

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Tried and Failed

The girl liked Morrissey and she liked me (though not in that order). She came to my room late, one night, but, like Morrissey I was beyond such things as love and touch. She left my room to go to … Continue reading

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Out of Sorts

Afterward I sorted through his meds. I wanted to see if more were missing than I’d expected. He had spoken of suicide often and suggested in clearer moments how an overdose would be an easy way to go. I knew … Continue reading

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Pantaloons

At times like this it’s clear that we see the world in violently different ways. You see these broad vivid colors sharp and bright with little nuance visible between them. I see the world that is actually here before us. … Continue reading

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In the Thrall

Every time you’re at a show and the people around you will just not shut up tell them to shut up. Every time. Every single occasion these people believe that they’ve gone to a place where their conversation should take … Continue reading

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