Oh America You wonder, you The Land of all the Free (So long as you’re born all of Straight, cis, white and he)   We pledge allegiance To the bones We pledge to all the fallen We the people pledge To avenge who you’ve forgotten…

If the woods are lovely, dark and deep As Robert Frost shared in Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening,  I would rather flip the page and leap I would rather move on and enjoy the evening   Why bother with a scary wood When I can…

Gasolina Smells like a flame Something that’s about to ignite Stings deep in the sinuses   Part of it is already Becoming something else, aerosol, evaporant.   Permissive, soaks into wood. No texture, as it touches my skin and starts to dissolve.   It takes…

The Wall   I look down from atop the wall—I am overwhelmed Fear paralyzes me—The challenge is too much But I cannot stay here—Life moves along Go says the voice in my head—My hands will not obey

I think about it while I’m at work about slowly dipping myself into the hot steamy basin feeling my body submerged releasing the tension from the day from my aching throbbing self but I don’t. I tell patients all day long at the chronic pain…

Peek over that ledge but not too far lest you forget who you are: not one to take risks oh no not that too scared of the fall and what’s below or that you might fumble and tumble and make a splat and the world will…

Turning to feel your warmth in the cold damp earliest wakes of morning I am nourished by the sound of your breath and your body close It feels good to be home

How do I describe water the essential element of life Without it we grow faint and suffer I love it in a glass or a bubbly bath slipping under or running through my hair on purpose thirsty skin and shafts waiting for the lather in my hand I love it…

Las Flores, El Salvador He hashtags #neverleaving and I know he’s there now. Watched as Tommy rides on a canary yellow surfboard, back and forth he turns on IG video. it’s 2014 like he’s on his skateboard on his childhood driveway in younger years  and…

Don’t Drink Seattle. Sugar…Dabble in Sour Dough Instead…Bergamot Rain