My feet have carried me on this pathFor years, hundreds of timesIn loops I’d take in the middle of the workdaySometimes to breathe, sometimes to […]
Mother’s Day
I can’t give my mom a hug today,But last year we were in ChicagoWhere we shoppedAnd saw a symphonyAnd ate ice cream, laughing, before bed […]
And Another Thing
In these UncertainIn these UnprecedentedIn these Challenging I am going toLose my motherfucking mindStop selling me please AND ANOTHER THING If you have to takeYour […]
For my dad
For my dad, on his birthday I remember the sound of you coming homeThe soft opening of the mudroom doorThe way your uniform smelledWhen I […]
I don’t want to date Spider-Man
Before my laptop named TobioAnd my laptop named LanceI had a laptop named PeterPeter Parker, that isWith a large Spider-Man decal(Before that I had one […]
Chrysalis
Three shirts andThree hairstyles in a dayOne pair of yoga pantsWorn five times in a rowWith Costco slipper socksAnd red lipstick Alexa, play country musicAlexa, […]
Spreadsheet
My mom would sit at our dining room table With her laptop out and paper spread out across the surface The cold sunlight lighting the […]
Stitches
Stitches That’s the word in my mind tonight I think, stitches One by one, sewing together All that tearing The dishes that aren’t washed in […]
Muddy Sunday
On a muddy Sunday morning The world is quiet Muddy, for all the rain That washed over the city And woke me in the middle […]
For my mom, on her birthday
You taught me that the best conversations Happen while walking, while drinking Or while watching you cook From my perch on the kitchen counter You […]