I wouldn’t mind seeing that guy and seeing what he’s up to even though he recedes every time he’s around me — gets nervous and laughs and such. But I did just hear him profess things with a directness to another type he’s around a lot — one he knows better and might be inclined […]

I didn’t put any music on Because there was a wedding going on outside And I thought about the wedding And I thought, Well, If that were me getting married, I would want everything to be just right — I wouldn’t want some random dude picking the music And playing some song about looking at […]

It once went without saying That all the freaks and weirdos Were included in the music, In the spirit of the music, Because what was really weird was The setting of the sun, The binary of the human sexes, The myth of cooperation, The oblivion to pain and the Apathy to someone else’s

The birds are out there singing. . They sing with each other. . It’s hard to tell Which one starts it, But one will commence the cadence . And then another one will join in, Chirping right after the other one, In rhythm, Hence spawning a chirp from the other one, . Or one of […]

16 blocks south of downtown The church stands, Paint peeling off of the outer walls and Wooden boards wedged in the Windows of yesterday, As if to keep the rats and mice warm, Or maybe to keep our hearts a little warmer. . I suppose the rodents can still pray in there But for us, […]

My oracle descended on me Like a panorama of night through Divergent clouds . When the woman struck my heart And gripped it with her hands, Clutching and shaking it into life And into cognizance. . As I stood there making small talk, Issuing smiles and Cracking amateurish jokes, . My spectacled oracle related to […]

I missed the wedding, The entire thing, The entire 15-minute wedding, Because I couldn’t find the banquet hall Where it was located In my own hometown And no one else knew either At the gas stations that were within a mile of it, Out in the country. . I got there at 5:15 — A […]

The woman and I both realized internally That we needed some conflict in order to be happy — . That the being “friends” thing didn’t really work, We both secretly hated our jobs, Hated the clothes we had to wear Into our jobs, . And we were both a little bit scared, Too, When . […]

Oh, bad actress, You emit a spiritual odor That’s unapproachable But I love you anyway . And it’s not even that I love you for trying — I love you for how you hide, For how you’re disappointed by Whole Foods cashiers For no reason, How you . Don a flannel shirt and jeans In […]

Once upon a time Somebody saw somebody gyrating And creating various Rhythmic, physical mishaps in No Particular direction at all And thought to Themselves, this Is an art, “Dance,” And So An Art was born out of The absurd and the surreal And the Surreal encompassed the Blinding generosity of Baring herself to the Stone, gluttonous […]