Plums ~after William Carlos Williams While flying across the country I dreamt the man sitting next to me had a round body but a small,...

intoxication maybe it was the drink that confused every working cell in my brain. maybe it played with my nerves and the...

Protect Me she fought fiercely for every cause she held dear she threw her body into action into the war into the battle of her mind...

Reality and the Heart I am not so simple. My heart does not jump in your arms when it sees that you care. Nor does it desperately need...

i. Childhood - Natchez Bungalow Forever frugal, my granny would bake banana nut bread But leave out the bananas and the nuts A would-be...

#1 For years I have given more than I receive. And I pay no attention to it. For I love because it feels good. But to be loved back, how...

Kyss Mig Inspired by the Swedish film Kyss Mig She leans in amid a background of deer We, the bevy, are petrified like Christmas...

Engulfed You managed to pick the only one I liked less than myself in that moment. But I tried, again, for you because you taught me too...

The Girl With No Name He says, She climbed on and rode me but I don’t remember an invitation coming out of my mouth. I don’t remember...

Mixtape for Janice Two spirals of tape filled with lyrics of yesterday As they spin, sing a melody of love and heartbreak Track one...

Alma Cuerpo Masa My mother says a soul Can find its way into a body At any given time It can entrench itself in your masa Like my...

Disease Vector You said I did not deserve to hold a test tube with the same hands that held a cane Said I did not deserve to hold a...

Bike ride, 8:18pm I had sneaked away again. The moon leading me to where roads sprouted as I pedaled away. Each road, another question of...

Nonbinary lesbian my body is not a question mark, but if it was, I would be the only one who could benefit from the ...

Broken Glass Broken glass, drifting in the air, spilling all over the tile flooring. Swept up and discarded in a bin, never to be saved,...

there will be many times you will wonder what the hell you saw in them we all sometimes accidentally look up and stare into the sun for a...

A grove of spirits If belief kills and cures then this spirit yearning in my bones must be a begotten nightmare, swiftly palms yield...

Rose Colored Mirror I realized that I saw myself more like the way he saw me. The way that my imperfections didn’t exist. How the things...

The Lake The water Still and adamant Lies in its wintry Basin Deprived Of the wisdom Of the river, Of the grandeur Of the sea Yet it...

Daddy Issues Daddy issues are always an issue put on the girl, the plump pomegranate snaked down, seeds falling like bloody teeth. Oh,...