It was always a melee Of female beauty Working in Indianapolis and Carmel, Going in at 5 a.m., Vomiting into the trash can and Seeing the day Shoot by like chrome airplanes Which were like splinters into the eyes of People on health sheets and so I see the gamut of humanity as I Didn’t […]

In one more vista of yoga pants, In one more shadow Of a frantic Black Friday shopper, In one more traffic jam, D’Angelo Russell decides he wants to join The Lithuanian national team. . His rejection is met In the world at large, Under honking horns, Amidst shrieking babies, On the jet stream of Ravenous […]

I hated the buzzing, electrical lights in the room and I hated the heat emanating from the vents, providing us with gratuitous, grotesque comfort. I wanted pain. I wanted to see the end of the road. At this point, I couldn’t envision it, so I just sat in the room, miserable, waiting for everything to […]

With our planet having Consumed a new wealth of outer space And undergone caustic winds In the hallowed nights The brewery still sits Across the street from the bank And our house of cards still stands To marvel at with An iridescent nod of fools.

You “Know you’ll be alright,” And then You’re back on the smack? . I have no idea what possessed You to say that . And the football coaches who celebrate Are the ones soon to lose and get canned and I . Don’t know What possessed you To lose sight of the vision But it […]

Around my old high school Various girls appear, Teenaged, In various adornments Such as a black sweatshirt Or giddiness on a nice day Walking with a boy, Who make me drop everything, They make me humble, Make me want to work at Planned Parenthood, Not caring if I get fat, Make me want to put […]

I was walking around the old, derelict high school which had just closed down. Here and there, people would pass me and smile. I looked, really quickly, into their eyes, and then looked away. I knew the feeling — it was like when you went on a nature walk and felt like you had to […]

Cleopatra’s boyfriend Walks somewhere in or out of town In a manufacturing plant With a clipboard Covering the walls and machinery With his smiles Like slime, Covering the silence In victorious battle cries As he thinks about doing the job On the cinnamon-skinned beauty And she will ignore, Even disdain him, Knowing him for an […]

I’m not sure if it’s just because we’re getting toward the time of year of my birthday, or whatever, but I find myself in the last week or so kind of looking for the paradigm — the overall model by which to live. As we all know, in capitalism, this can be a challenge, sometimes, […]

I moved into the town That’s like a grid Where people look away And take the expedited paths. . I moved into mice, Cracked windows, A broken boiler, Broken window blinds and a Landlord who seems generally fearful. . I moved into a junkie, Totally bombed, Standing in my driveway, Looking to the side and […]