Checking In (H5)

I will not I will not I will not check the door the lock the handle only to be flung back against the wall when your your hatefulness bursts across the threshold without even breaking a sweat. I will not. I will not I will…

Sleepily

Your lips touch my lips tentative in quizzical passion once, twice third time’s the… leaning in your lips touch my lips tightened anticipation firm yet supple I cannot pull my face from yours we have become one yet I feel you dissolve vaporizing away from…

The cat and cigarettes left outside

Is it still a proper brownstone if it’s in Jersey? Six broad brick steps open like arms, white concrete banister a hand in open gesture. Welcome. Unit B. Does it matter if the details are wrong? I tried. Double doors slide apart, heavy as pianos…

Similis Papilioni

Similis Papilioni   I see my reflection on my computer screen. I’m covered with a bouquet of flowers, roses, berries, purple buds waiting to bloom. The bouquet sits above butterflies resting on top oranges, feasting on its juice, long tongues snaking into the pulp. My…

Money Moves

Do you know how money moves Do you understand where it goes Not just from the bank to you Not from the place where it is printed Do you know how money moves When it’s looking at you Because money looks at you every day…

Twinkle Twinkle

Each night, many things, objects, and people fall into the stage of my dreams They perform, they sing, but in the end, they always leave But each night, you fail to materialize You antagonize me about your absence and the content of my nightly thoughts…

The Trip

I was able to visit a place that is out of this world.  I couldn’t describe the feeling inside when I saw then light and splendor.  At first I thought that the lights were so bright, then realize that Love was the light.  I felt…

A Dream on the Ocean Floor

We drove the car into the ocean and drowned in the Gulf. Our metal box sinks into the trench of the unknown. We land and settle on the seabed like our very own Apollo 11. The ocean floor resembles our dear moon. How does life…