Monthly Archives: January 2024

It’s been a while since the Big One, back when I did that unholy mathematic workout, producing the number of poems of the day of the month. So: three pieces on the third, eight pieces on the eight, seventeen pieces … Continue reading →

Is it fair to say I loved her when I only watched her from afar? I thought about her all the time. I envisioned her in innumerable fantasies. I placed her as a goal on my vision board before I … Continue reading →

There may be people I fucked over before S. Nope. Can’t think of them. I thought he was the coolest cat in the geek school where there were no cool cats around whatsoever and I befriended him and he befriended … Continue reading →

You, you’re like a child who is told not to eat before dinner lest you spoil your appetite but see the half-cake just sitting there in its optimistic splendor waiting to be despoiled and to despoil you. You are supposed … Continue reading →

Like when you set up a competition – but it’s internal – and it’s weird, like you couldn’t really explain it not in a way that would make sense to anyone else and you start the competition and you know … Continue reading →

In my defense I thought it was someone else as I opened my arms to embrace her when she called my name that spritely Spring day. I was only offering a hug because I thought that was the action she … Continue reading →

My friends do more interesting things than me. Lucy was a star as a kid and so were Lydia and Dan. Tony wrote a novel. You know the number of people who did a Song a Day for a year? … Continue reading →

Just read that you’re a she now while I knew you as a he. We were friends as guys and we haven’t spoken in years and I have no idea what I’d think of you with such a big transition … Continue reading →

When I used to hand out flyersand put poems on the back of them with my website promoting my poetry as much as the specific show where I would do my poetry (even though I called them "pieces" instead of … Continue reading →

The question really isn’t whether you’re up to the challenge but how long it’s gonna be until you fail it. Hank Williams said it most rightly when he sang “I’m never getting out of this world alive” and it’s true … Continue reading →