Perhaps, short of actually finding a legitimate flaw in you, they were simply not fully adept at showing mirth and good will, or were unprepared to do so at the time.

Over the glaze of An abyss of country plain I glide, the look In the eye Of the bald eagle Napalmed Into my disposition As he seems to say, “Don’t think about me.”

Was it the boarded-up Hollywood Video, The pi**-stained train car, The string of six-degree days Or the giant, Phallic downtown skyscraper Poking the sky… . We reach Far . Into the Night . And We reach Far into ourselves To kill ourselves To drone ourselves of The crushing din of Everyday life as . I […]

Driving back through Indiana At the end of February, 2024 I notice a vast, exhaustive expanse Of aridness, an eerie, Brown cloak of desolation Befallen our planet on Which we . Have taken to monitoring Everything with video Surveillance, have Advertised marijuana In states where it is illegal and have Sped to the end of […]

We all got the programs When we were in our seats, Glossed them, The faceless corporate nothingness, The ladies who don’t mean anything With fake tans and the Spatial abyss between Noblesville and the city and It was another underdog night When I set out darker than black For a cheap good time And found […]

It comes again and it’s crazy, like a universe-spanning landscape of pastoral light. I’m surprised that it doesn’t feel like the Narcissistic days of college — the tendrils of awkward, sarcastic puns, of that Supergrass CD, of ideals and a start and an end. I think about younger people. The world is on fire in […]

She stands ardently on the porch Administering to two men, A husband and A worker. . Her arms are folded and she is Stationary within her domain. . She smiles and nods, Of slender jawline, Neck, waist, And low height. . I pass by her and her Eyes seem to absorb me Within an orb […]

A drone sidled its way down from the cumulus assemblages with curious casualness, one day, after the apocalypse. The people had all fled for the seas, which were salty and piping hot. The enterprise was completely still. The drone made its way to one of the old stockyards. It couldn’t feel it but the ghosts […]

“Listen, Fred. I’ll explain women in expedited fashion. At least women around here. They operate on the displeasure principle. It’s similar to the concept of in Indian times the father asking for gifts of animals for the daughter’s hand in marriage. They require a sacrifice. They think of themselves as prizes, as gifts, almost like […]

I walk into the Verizon store where my mom is waiting for me. We’re set to get a new phone for me. I’m on her plan that she’s not even on, if that gives you any idea of how fu**ed up this whole situation is. When I walk into the store, I notice the salesman’s […]