She
said I can do whatever I want.
Held out two scoops of endless possibility.
I
am still trying to start
endless. Too

distracted by the
whole of it to carve a hole to hold a foot
for hoisting, hoping someone
will say, "There,
there. Start there."

At 5-years-old she was a brand new pair of Easter shoes ( Read more... )

I like zombie flcks.
How you can tell they are soul-
less, just by looking.

They stare at each other across a table ( Read more... )

Most nights I insist on staying up late ( Read more... )

After brandy

After steak and lobster,
broccoli and squash

After laugh and music
After creme bruele

After brandy and brandy
After sway and dip
After hands, lip, bite
After last call

After stairs and stairs and stairs
After words

and words and words

After lip 2: return of the bite
After shut the cat out.

After spoon;
the required kind
After eyes close

After morning ( Read more... )

the walls are made of velvet ( Read more... )

Haikus can be quite
insightful; unless I write
them. Sorry 'bout 'cha.

She is grains of sand ( Read more... )

Butter in a frying pan
Ice cube in whiskey
Fist clenched chocolate
Sugar cube in cup of tea
Coughdrop at the bottom of a forgotten backpack in summer
which is to say;
that first kiss
your hand under the table
the weight
the pinning
the bite and pull
the arousal after sting.