*Sister We floated in warmth and quiet together, my sister and I, outside sounds muffled but for the beat of our mother’s heart, her singing voice lulling us to sleep. She grew larger than me over time, her flailing limbs weaker and slower, while I,…

Everything is everything But anything can not be everything And nothing can be everything Everything is complex And everyone is simple Everyone is everyone But someone can not be everyone And everybody can be everyone

Hour 3 Oh look! “The best couple” Completing each other’s words Helping each other in chores Being there for each other   Holding hands, all lovey-dovey Always kissing goodbyes Calling eachother cute names Always smiling at eachother   So, how do they manage? How is…

he is small he is large he will protect you he will love you he will bathe in the sun he will burrow under the covers he will walk forever into the sunset he will walk across the street and turn around he is large…

a storm of feelings but we’ll still win how do i make it through from here you might ask and answer like i do how is it so that i seem to think i know but don’t do and how may i still have more…

“I wonder if this is the way old crushes die.” The Summer I Turned Pretty   I sit back with a cigarette in one hand a Montauk Ale in the other take it all in. I just finished reading your poetry memoir of me. Never…

Loud rumbling stomach makes displeasure clearly known complaining to all

His small problems became big ones he set the table with demons and had a seat while he scooted near gave them all the fire they needed to implode his world He swam in deep waters drowning all dreams punishing himself    

When did the world become so cold It seems life has changed forever Maybe it was always this way Somehow we didn’t see it as clear till now The world is in shambles So chaotic on every level Could it have always been this way…

On the first Friday of each month she walks into the coffee house and orders the same thing. Pineapple cider. It’s 6 bucks. She always tips. Then she goes into the adjacent room where the poetry reading is about to start.   I heard her…