After dinner at Chez Désespoir, when the wine, the brie, cherry gazpacho, the sole, the fruit and cheese with honey glaze were cleared, after he gave her a ring with a rock as big as Jupiter, she buried her face in her hands. She said, “I…

Physicists believe that the universe is shaped like the inside of a soccer ball, with holograms projecting all possible angles of view like Indra’s net; that black holes extrude through the walls of space-time like scattered spikes that can suck us out of this world…

My dad collects cherry seeds   stores them in his old Nestle bottle, its inch of water reddened with pulp and extra saliva. He pitted cherries with his tongue, brimmed his mouth with dozens of seeds and spit. They tumbled through his yellowed teeth and…

You’re all I seem to think about What if I said it scares me too? Always expect you to be strong. So afraid to feel anything. You entered my life and changed everything. There is nothing I want more I am more afraid of wasting…

Let me sit awhile, here, on your porch. Let me relax, and recall what it’s like to be still and present, as if there were no past   to shuffle around like so many doctored photos of meals I once ate, hotels I once slept…

space, maybe’s a dumping ground for all the people we could be, a tunnel with hard liquor and cheeseballs. if you give me a moment, i may conjure my third eye, to pray that metaphysical taut gods from the New Age show me a parallel…

Scabs   I have scabs on my knees, on my elbows, on my chin.   I fall, and catch myself on the ground, not realizing   that it will be hard to get up and walk away   unscathed. I carry my scabs as badges,…

Some evil some good Wise beyond comprehension Genesis of fire

She looked at the eye of the universe so very close that she hardly blinked for fear of missing out on its secrets. But then, of course, she had to blink, as humans have the need to do so. And when she did moisten her…

A love I nurture alone in the dark, the late latest part of the night I can reveal myself Alone. No one expects a show from me So here I dropped the heavy mask I Dawn every morning. Here I can love you. Quietly and…