Jan 29Member-onlyStryofoam memoriesI found some memories of me on an old styrofoam cup. I forgot I kept that cup. It had perfectly sized bite marks all the way around the rim, petrified over time by the benzene and styrene oozing into the dimples as I had chewed around its perimeter. It had…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Jan 8Member-onlyDO17DO17 I ordered some ribbon on Amazon for a project destined to be a magnificant objet d’art. My intentions were not the best because I knew my track record for magnificent art looked a lot like Charlie Brown’s record for good dates with Lucy. But I fantasized anyway about seeing…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Jan 8Member-onlyMadeI got a deck of cards for Christmas. They looked like regular, standard issue playing cards at first glance. I could smell cheesy, salty trans fat snacks of Frito-Lay and taste the heavily poured whiskey sours that were light on the sour. I heard the laughter of card table sarcasm…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Dec 12, 2022Member-onlyThese twoI asked the universe to deliver my man to me. Two days later, the universe tossed these two onto my shoreline. These two translates into the Frenchman and the Brit who materialized close to same time but arrived in different cars. The Frenchman sent his missive by casually sliding into…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
May 15, 2022Member-onlyYo come mariposasLast week I ate a roost of butterflies against my will. My mouth was closed, but they found a way in through my neural pathways when I saw you. They took a deep dive into my bloodstream that flowed directly into my heart, jumped onto an airstream coming from my…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Mar 23, 2022Member-onlyStuff breaks. Next.People save all their good dishes for special occasions. Then they die. Life is special. Use your dishes.Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Jan 9, 2022Member-onlyIncantations of beastsThese beasts were not beastly. No more so than humans are beasts or behave beastly towards others. These beasts didn’t come for us. No one knew where they came from. One day they just appeared. Swimming in a channel that was made from war by men who acted like beasts. …Short Story4 min readShort Story4 min read
Nov 3, 2021Member-onlyFrayed endsFrayed ends It’s messy. It’s tangled. It’s ugly. It’s knotted, full of chaos. You want to be free but can’t find a way out of the fray you created to free yourself from the tether you inherited. Look harder. Look better. It’s beautiful. It’s strong. It’s fearlessly detangling itself from…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Sep 3, 2021Member-onlyInertiaI don’t know how to sit still for long. I like to flee when it gets unbearable. I’m not ready to process anything because it feels like nothing matters except how I feel and I can’t remember if I know how to feel or if that is in fact, feeling. …Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read