Hair
An extension of myself, reaching out from the top of my brain, over wheat grain fields, over a thumping, throbbing tree at the center of me, Over closed…
We Are Not Ghosts in Space Yet
The fog is blanket over the world. And in this foggy world, each soul is shackled to a hundred others, connecting us all through time and through space…
It's Time to Wait
It wasn’t because it hurt. I expected it to. It was because when it didn’t, when it felt good, I wished it had been a way of saying “I love you.” And it just…
No One In Particular
Steven sat on his couch surrounded by unopend medicine bottles. He rocked back and forth and sobbed silently, his eyes on his sister’s body. Caroline was on…
Once Lost...
I still haven’t been found. The moss, pungent with loam and decayed leaves, has returned. The rains have long since leveled the slight mound that concealed my…
See the Leaves
The crisp autumn air hugs my lungs in between drags. Wispy billows of smoke fill the air like chiffon. My mother would have a fit if she knew I smoked…
Comprehension
I still can’t tell If there’s supposed to be yolk inside the shell Or oyster, or chocolate, or a moistened esophagus Expelling voices and mist As the soul…
Going Wrong
Damn those wanker bankers who put me in this godawful situation... As I climb up the guttering pipe that snakes up the red brick house in this lonesome part of…
What Am I?
Air rushes past as you breathe in Then out and away, caressing your skin. I’ll always be first to know what you say I’ll always be first, your tongue to obey…
Sessions With The Counselor- Cont.
He jumped from his seat and started to pace. After he mumbled awhile to himself, he took the pistol from his pocket and aimed it at the counselor. “You have it…
Giving Up Her Dead
I saw my first dead body tonight. Twenty odd years I was able to avoid it, which is probably some kind of statistical achievement in itself. I was on the…