I want to sleep with you elbow to elbow Hair entwined Genitals enlaced With your mouth as a pillow. I want to sleep with you back to back Without breath to keep us apart Without words to distract us Without eyes to tell lies Without clothes. I want to...
where do you find strength to climb down the hill to your lover’s grave
what do you bring but thirteen years of memories/
how do you deal with his death when your gasps loom in the autumn air like circling crows spasms rock your body like squirrels shake the scarlet oak & purple dogwood branches while through the buzz of a helicopter the roar of an...
I feel like I feel like shit I need a I need a drink and not vinegar neither I don’t want to die I feel like a freak don’t let me cut out I wasn’t cut out to go out virgin I want my cherry squashed man hammer amour love me live me hour to...
I love the conversations we have after making love—of course it’s just me, making love to myself, talking to you, loving you—though I do not really know you, so I guess not loving you— craving the dream of knowing you. “When will I be able to...
Frequently during my mornings of pain & reflection when I can’t write or articulate my thoughts or locate the mindmusic needed to complete the poems & essays that are weeks plus days overdue forcing me to stop, I cease answering my phone, eating right, running my miles, reading...