1. I'll respond with something random I like about you ( Read more... )

the thirteenth trying to sit up arms around me like rope twisted into rope. i hadnt slept. he thought he was having a heart attack all night. again. grinding jaw. fast breath. water. water. i ran my fingers across his palms. i cant stop he said. yes you can i said. but i could be lying ( Read more... )

like i said ( Read more... )

weakness begone.

i am a woman living in the empire and my fists are full of stones but ( Read more... )

three am the radio on
the lights off
the votes in
ohio
i listen for gunshots
windows breaking
the schuylkill river up in flames
but it is silent
except for evans breathing
the radio tick tick tick
i try to scream
but nothing comes

she is in the air ( Read more... )

today i almosted missed it when my brother said ( Read more... )

biking home from work i cock my head to the left twist my bottom jaw down to the right and imagine a gun pressed to my temple. the gun is a reoccurring image. a comfort. nothing to do with suicide it exists to make a loud silencing burn there to mark the moments between the erratic moving picture in my brain ( Read more... )

ronald regan's death is something i have been waiting for for a long time. kate called with the news. i was standing in the middle of hazel avenue, bike slung between my legs, just leaving a porch barbecue. i shouted the news broken with my own shrieks of laughter. the mostly straight hardcore boys who are nice enough and punk enough looked ( Read more... )