tenure ( Read more... )

what is it you're asking me ( Read more... )

these are from the last two years ( Read more... )

every blessing ( Read more... )

starvation ( Read more... )

when i think about what i've done, my failings or flaws, thing's i've said and things i haven't, i can't seem to picture it all at once. i try to test my memory against what i think my character is and i come up short. nothing sounds coherent. nothing looks finished ( Read more... )

i made a lot of bad decisions that night ( Read more... )

"do you really think it's going to rain straight on through the winter ( Read more... )

fever break.

.

collecting the garbage, removing the fat
showing me something i'll probably forget
weakened with fever, heated to boil
laying down dead into the black soil

shut in the window, closes the door
asks me exactly what i love her for
closer than brothers, tells me a sin
nevermind,
it's all a lie
i never knew him.

...
..
.

places we've been ( Read more... )