Coins in every purse’s pocketsAccompanied by decks of cardsI guess I’d imagined I’d take out on a whimI never have Stationary in five different placesBlank […]
To write about the light again
One of my personal hazards of moving is having to go through notebooks and find all those random places I wrote fiction or poetry in […]
Maybe So
We pass the tequila bottle between the three of usCross-legged on the futon mattressAnd quote Glennon DoyleLet’s rememberWe can do hard thingsBut this, this, thisIs […]
A Good Life
We talk about canoeing on Midwest riversOr kayaking or sailing on the lake We talk about campingI’ll make the fireShe’ll cook the foodThey’ll set up […]
Normal
I hand wash my masksAnd hang them on the porch to dryA line I never thought I’d writeBut I never thoughtI’d do a lot of […]
A Foam Ball
Today my brain isa foam ball, squeeze when stressed outMotherfucking ouch Here is a list ofall the ways I am slippingNo, no, none of that […]
When I Was Taught To Be A Woman
When I was taught to be a womanI was taught that we were equalI was taught that ‘make me a sandwich’ jokesWere funny because they […]
Trying to do better
There’s sweat in my cloth maskAs I walk with a friend on quiet pathsIt’s over ninety degreesAnd I think that it will make me breakoutAll […]
Open
Count up the video callsThat add up to a decadeOf relationships livedBetween screens and milesBetween life here and thereSpin the wheelTo make the faces changeBut […]
No Run At All
Have a haiku poem about I got super heat sick on my run this morning . . . I was unpreparedHeat punishes me for itNot […]