Oh you want my cooperation Pardon me, I have an obligation To define me and my situation Use my free will and imagination To be unique me, not an imitation So no, you can’t have my dedication

Dear Sleep, I miss you so, So much that you’ll never know. I’ve replaced you with caffeine, But that will never do, as you can see. Without you, I’m silly and goofy and weird. I want to return to the me before you disappeared. Please…

Coarse black horse hair stems between my breasts; a symptom with an easy cure.

T he L ast P air cas C          aded in a blue G                      littered velvet vamp that M                                 ade my chunky shins look like Cat Woman’s.   I carried the                 barefoot while                           I hobbled and                             cast them in the closet with the…

My skeleton in the closet Circled through my mind through Every first glass of wine And every first kiss.   When do I tell him?   First or second or third date became never Until the relationship faltered and jolted Because he sensed trust issues…

“Commitment to self is the longest commitment of all.” Heres to the girl who no one can figure out The girl that I don’t know The girl who’s always higher Than anyone in the room The girl who’s in the pit Where no one else…

The mystic counsel of the national endocrinology society have declared   Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome   to be   Metabolic Reproductive Syndrome.   And so my celibate gaggle of letters becomes a title a position, almost a degree to describe the relation my life is…

Gina had a little dog and Brownie was his name Remember Mary’s lamb that went to school? Well Brownie did the same He wasn’t smart or good for tricks And was quite past his prime But he was there to pick her up each day As…

“I’m just on my way – what? No way – keys. Where are the keys Seriously? Where’s my purse And my credit cards And my brain. My poor lost mind.   Then I’ll be on my way.”

Playing spies with my cousins After dark at Grandma and Grandpa’s Hiding behind houses and sheds Trying to capture the other team   Lying in the grass on a cool summer night Talking with a friend in the churchyard Enjoying the simplicity of country living…