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Eyes watching from the unseen
Premonition of a pain smell
naked, homeless, without screen
every sound a death bell's knell
Bug prickles across the..
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A small piece of shriveled graceA flap of hanging skin her faceA skein of tightly pulled gray hairDeep wrinkles dug and piled highLeather traveling ba..
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With feathers of iron and a locomotive swoop,
The whistle of a siren and a mighty war whoop
Dust of rust, west or bust
Wagon wheel, a scalp to pee..
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Death is the justice of an unfair world
Marriage is a joint acquiescence to imprisonment on bread and water impearled
Freedom, distorted vision of ..
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In the ebullience of childhood I stole a fledgling from its nestFed it from my plate and held it close to my breastGave it my favorite dainties, ice c..
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You have to be healthy to have an operation
They swab your arm before a lethal injection
so you won’t get an infection?
Can’t get a j..
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Truth is light that can not be grasped
Air with no handles, briefly gasped
Just as light slips through your fingers
Warmth of vapor in your lungs ..
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Prisoner in the presentsteps on a treadmill floora wall to our front and backTrapped in a room with no doorThe floor may move fast or slowbut only in ..
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Green sprout, easily bentgrows rigid, as a treeChanging its courseso much effort spentshaping into desired beautyAll said and done, you think you've w..
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Locked behind dark storage
shed doors
the smell of old rat urine
in gnawed paper shavings
swarming with silverfish
memory's graveyard of
ho..
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