Left with understanding The self-servers will always be fed
A Winning Loss; The Prepossessing; Morality Illuminated; Sterilized Nature
Pinball; The conspiracy of ravens; Election Sunday; Certificate of bravery; Lonesome George
The conspiracy of ravens
We are all ravens, creatures of cleverness and survival, hiding our croaks beneath
rules of morality and social complexity.
Gay Jesus; Grief is a Vulture; Rebirth: A Simple Man’s Guide; Once More – Editor’s Pick
I was born a matchhead and baptized a sinner
Sunday sermons taught fear of flames, no mention that cold burns just the same...
If Not for Letters; Why I Wouldn’t Fall in Love Again; Reprise; Sway Me
Why I Wouldn’t Fall in Love Again
until you made me remember why I never got another cat or want to know again that wrung-out loss;
aubade, nocturne, damn; on historical ground; elastic; parole; opportunity for promises
I. at issue is the glass between us. opaque language, unhoneyed eyes, ears cottoned in steam. now to stop the words, to prevent a crash, to make us admit we were ever simpler: my fingers on the knot of a tie your breath untying the mirror.
Five Playful Poems
Few noticed Icarus that day, Heard from high clear air long unlucky cries, Saw with hard squinting, disbelieving eyes One splash after a ballet of disarray...