Writing and Poetry
Ode to COVID: Revenge of the Introverts (a poem)
Latterday patriarchs melting members saw their masculinity attacked Obelisks in erectile dysfunction The all-seeing eye viewing from atop its pyramid of superiority their numbers drawn, their times counted For out of balance the balancing sheet revealed Slithering from the depths of a navel impaled the spiked punch came from a long-planned itinerary of doom Punching […]
You’re welcome (a poem)
pits of fear nuts and rocks scramble intestine anxiety yet determined bleeding, raped, maimed, silenced by terror compassion hacked out of vocabulary cruelty rebels against power for power fleeing for hope the forest of green arms an opening in the shadows but the forest shrinks and swallows hunger, envy, fear no abundance when no one […]
Overfed and divorced (a poem)
relentless hunger twists internal organs chimp raised hawk hoards billions shiny brilliants golden chips fresh water and virgin land expensively shod feet crush serene beauty masturbating mountains and the glinting eye of cruelty ownership of what can’t be owned oversized testicles twist minds perverting meaning and information intention to mislead maw open masking fangs spreading […]
Darkness seeks light for friendship, more if affinities (a poem)
the likeness of a parrot repeats, choking on bone in my throat mirroring rehearsals of a blind genocide the patterns of intention seemingly proud, conscious, and placing one foot in front of the other patterns of disaster yet so hopeful, with a tenderness that defies reality you saw how frustration built that mob anger […]
Short Stay (a poem)
a handful of acorns like growths strangle my throat the potential for an extended stay in the home of my flesh Could you be the end of my days? Fear grips my insides with the insights of life and loss you’ve no mouth yet yet you whisper don’t worry I’ve come to be with you […]
Weeds – a poem
delicate tenacious vine purposeful tight fruits incursion through straight soldiers chemical warfare extinguish diversity for the pleasure competition for carpeted perfection an image which seeks to still the incessant relentless flux death burgeons creeps up the rodents gnaw the dreamhouse dust and spiders cloud the vision control and survival grip and slide cleanliness, so smooth […]
Darkly nutritious fruits (a poem)
driving by the new high school forever frozen in time a moment of heart-break sat a little girl, five or six years old narrow face, hair neatly braided in rows slender legs splayed on the grass of the sidewalk strip. baby in carrier, mother out of car flashing blue lights, handcuffs on the man who […]
a frozen apple (a poem)
encased, sparkling a dangerous edge to a sweetly dripping bicuspid enclose defensive venom just in case they try to strike out we all tiptoe with hidden knives we are adults and yet the tender fruit inside our sacks of muscle and bone belies the toughness of the skin tears gather knotted in my throat the desire […]
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