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Tiger Lillies

A Poem by jc

1000 pounds of atmospherehangs around me and the sun is at full brightness children scuttle off of their busses for the final time this summer ..

Mulberry Street

A Poem by jc

I'm beginning to believe thatno one will ever know meas intimatelyas that stretch of Mulberry Streetthat runs betweenPike and HarrisonThe way the side..

needs

A Poem by jc

mommy, help me wash my handsso they may hold the weight of everything you need to put downand don't forget to clean my earsso your worries have somewh..

Imagination

A Poem by jc

it's this imaginaryscenariothat we replayed over andoverfor the entirety of our friendshipit's a script:"I'd never do that to you.""I know you wouldn'..

Road Trips to Nowhere... and Sometimes to Somewher..

A Poem by jc

living rooms full of laughterhands on thighsno crust on the pizzaor stuffed crust on the pizzalittle handsbig kissessmall kissespolaroidspicnics on th..

color blind

A Poem by jc

i saw the world as dull, grey, and drearytil you came alonglighting every corner with otherworldly colorevery thing isvibranti'm engulfed in this new ..

space

A Poem by jc

indifferencedisguised as supportisn't supportits justspaceits lonely out here in the milky wayand i never wanted to be an astronaut

nothing? nothing.

A Poem by jc

i've begun to recognize that feeling againwhen your clothes don't feel quite righton your bodyand your skin no longer feels at homeon your bonesand th..

escape plan

A Poem by jc

it's a harrowing thoughtbut i won't contesti'll soak up these momentsand love on you longerthese days, ill remember forevereven if the house was burni..

melt melt melt

A Poem by jc

i feel like I'm meltingthere's het radiating out from my chest,welling up in my eyeballs,burrowing in the pit of my bellyan adverse reaction to my exp..