Maritime crustaceans making their way to our stomachs As we crack a few shells and throw the filth in a bucket. Ready and available, we summon the spices You know, the butter, the old bay and any other that entices. Lo and behold, do not…

She finds me in my dreams… We look for things together. Not knowing what I’m looking for~ But feeling loved when waking…   Her house was my only safe space. when i was very small… I wasn’t even hers~ And yet, felt I belonged most…

CASSETTE TAPES. We used to dance to classic songs Pouring out in in sync with our moves From the new cassette tapes That big brother got from the city We loved to listen to the songs While singing along the lyrics In our minds we…

We’d stand in this red metal box to make a simple phone call. No matter the time or the season even freezing our all and all.   And if our love did not answer we parted gloomy and blue. For all, we wanted to tell…

Now that the red mist has softened to a dew-scented kiss Formed from the droplets of the same passion-condensed liquid, Was there any other point to the carefully crafted conflict? Fair and square the winner took the right to evict Play, laughter and tenderness –…

My brother rambled about going back to therapy – things my mother wanted to hear. Then excitedly moved on to other topics, maybe a job at the second-hand store, and something else he’d found there. He disappeared into another room, carried it back with him,…

the coveted corners seen always the driftwood much said in the life quarantine often Technicalities   of all sorts   simply connectivity often questions assailing the spirit to recover much said much to do much said much to do   coverage of human development seen in…

John Cusack’s film, Hi-Fidelity, is perhaps one of the best of his films It centered on music and the way his character utilized it To remember To collate To help navigate life When I was younger The mix tape and its creation Was both art…

From her ancestors she bore a line of magic that transformed all life

Just like a broken record My heart skips out your name Every time you cross my mind Like so many childhood games He loves me, he loves me not Daisy petals on the floor And, like a broken record, I can’t take much more Every…