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 […]

I am stripped of my teeth By human attrition pervading All of my quadrants And I want to reach out to my bed-ridden uncle Who articulated something really memorable In the card he gave me for my high school graduation But am surrounded by burned bridges Like the aftermath of cathartic explosions Embodying alternative rock […]

There’s Tracyanne, The husky cashier, . There’s Michelle, The upwardly mobile, Ambitious customer service clerk . And, Among others, There’s Grace, The Amazon shopper Who looks like a real, live, Stuck-up bimbo. . It’s like something Out of a movie. . In and out, People file, In rapid fire, Not bothering each other, In this […]

Sometimes it seems To me All my achievements in life Lead to overproduction of skin cells And to itching and scratching And For all the purple corridors and rooms I’ve traversed I’m always Once again Subservient to those little microbial organisms On my skin Without which I would not be me and Which laugh as […]

Do I want to go camping or not? I have no idea. I have no idea whether or not I like camping. I always adamantly adored it as a youth with my dad hating it. I was thinking about getting a tent. Unfortunately, anyway, I’ve never pitched one in my life. It seemed like diffusing […]