Poetry
The Healer
Once my lower duplex neighbor left me a used teabag. Once she dropped off a handful of weeds, roots and all. Once she slipped me a newspaper clip about fatal bee allergies....
The first
My father always says they fell in love sitting on the Malecón, legs dangling over the wall, when her flip-flop fell off her foot onto the rocks. He says he jumped off...
Lanugo
I look my girl in her dog face Her horrible brow and long snout What made my girl like this I brush her human hair long behind her sharp human shoulders Careful...
What Do People Do at Night?
The cat licks her leg so long it starts to bleed I soak prozac in her food Make a meal described in a memoir about eating disorders I misspell memoir as memori...
“18 Down. 2024, in Chinese zodiac”
in the year of the dragon we achieve excellence at falling asleep on the phone. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀we release a double-platinum album ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀feat. the dog’s verklempt whine at dinner, our roommates’ tv, the endless...
“BODY OF THE DAY”
i ㅤ Today I am a pillow soaked with sweat. Rag hair, no jewelry, I receive the news in my starry socked feet. You’re diabetic. What I don’t expect: to lose my...
“A Prairie Girl Dreams a Slice”
of pizza from Federici’s downtown. Olive oil garlic knots in a brown paper bag. Connor’s got ㅤ new Vans and wants to grind rails near the wintry Atlantic. But in Freehold, NJ...
“Logical Reasoning”
You are born into noise. / Your first memories perforated by the sharp slam / of kitchen cabinet doors, / throat-sung Tibetan folk songs, / the heavy rattle of a wok glossy...