Sun at the end of the block. And my life, mo- mentarily lasting. A brief struggle, a snapped wing. The pressure of the future on my skin. Listening with…
You used to complain how memory liked to play games, calling me by the names of all your grandchildren. I, too, forget–– walking past the open door, still anticipating…
There I was, utterly carless, walking one end of myself to the other. Cardinals in full bloom. The snow smelled like sunlight. I was in Iowa, or rather I…
It’s in the car while my lover drives that I see it: the carriage horse on its side on Dallas asphalt, the cars stopped behind it spilling concerned helpers,…
sculpture by Yueting (Ada) Wu, RISD Museum You would’ve gone right in, but I’m waiting to see what others do. Against the gallery’s hospital white, this structure is a…
The boars were digging up the other side of the field, and already years have passed since the electrical discharge sitting atop a thunderstorm leaped across the forest overpacked…
A corpse reclining on my couch. I insert extra pillows behind his head until his jaw gapes slightly. I call my neighbor. She answers her phone twice daily: sunrise…