We stand at the threshold.
We are tiny-subatomic-particle-tiny
with enormous, ravenous hearts.

The rings encircling us,
Infinite, invisible, interlocking (we forget
that we hold this space ( Read more... )

TimelineFriday, Aug. 26: Gov. Kathleen Blanco declares a state of emergency in Louisiana and requests troop assistance ( Read more... )

introject/compassionevery time i see her ( Read more... )

Blood Fusion

One grandmother drinks vodka martinis,
discusses Karl Marx,
and colors her conversations with
“Ver clempt,” “Shmutzik,” and “Oh vez mear.”

One grandmother cried upon meeting my father
because
the Jews killed Christ.

I swing to the side, as if I can hide behind the word
Jewisheven though my mother ( Read more... )

The American Family Association has decided to try and "prove a point" by having a poll on their website for folks to take about their opinion on gay marriage. They intend to present the results of this poll to the United States Congress in an attempt to instate a federal law against Gay Marriage ( Read more... )

you want the truth?my skin is no barrier. everything gushes in ( Read more... )

Blood in the AIDS Center’s Bathroom

i am
shocked and crimson.

my heart pauses
to watch.

i am being tested. this is not my blood.

i am
melodramatic: my skin seals me.

nothing can get inside.

it takes several seconds
to feel the irony, the jolting truth of my own
irrational
fears
before i wash my hands again
and leave.

if only it was ( Read more... )

Song for DorisYou may be the last survivor ( Read more... )

i woke up this morning before the sun rose, and couldn't fall back asleep because i'm so disturbed about the prospect of having arnold the groper, arnold the brainless-idiot-who-can't-put-a-sentence-together, arnold the king of disgusting sexist comments, for governor ( Read more... )

why am i here?

at first my cerebral cortex
offers reasons.

no. not you.
why am i here?

fog. flitting thoughts.
then, a face; almost underwater,
surface shimmering.

she is old, terrifying
and beautiful
with silver hair cascading,
with lines and contortions
marking the geography
of her ancient skin.

what do you want?she moves closer, her face ( Read more... )