The boyfriend upstairs Laughs like Woody Woodpecker At 100 decibels All hours of the day Like a rapacious quest, Like an imperial attack On North Vietnam Rendered for arbitrary victory. . Well now the girl has “kicked him out” After he totaled her car, To then regain him on Memorial Day weekend, Finding him laughing […]

It was a rainy, unseasonably cool evening in the bar downtown. Pain was in the air, you might even say. It was the kind of night where you didn’t look anyone too closely in the eye. We were in Indiana. We were in the shadow of Chicago, of the University of Notre Dame, of Michigan, […]

Transposed onto the new world By a mountain of time, By a litany of portals into anxiety, I breathe in To find myself being crushed Under the constraints of capitalism. . In disbelief, I scowl back at my former self, Remember the emptiness of being a little kid, The impetus for mischief, And now, As […]

The music that plays when you walk by Is something that I have not heard yet Because if I had It would catapult me onto a king’s throne Surrounded by wild, staggering flames, Roaring lions and a moat surrounding a castle. . The music that plays when you walk by Swims in my blood And […]

Yesterday on my 10 a.m. break from work I wheeled over to this grassy area behind a Home Depot In South Logansport And just sat there in my car. . It was amazing how good it felt To lounge in my car On a 64-degree first of May And not worry about anything. . The […]