I knew i liked her from the start eighth grade glory at the lake … and girls she was tall and lanky, just like me no fat to spare and ribs like the grill of a jeep with two little headlights adjoining her breastbone her…

I needed her like a jilted lover. There was comfort when she was open, but, too often she was unavailable. I despised her in those awkward moments, when I registered as Robert Flynn and they eyed me, judging up and down, whether or not to…

We sat for days, in those hours, in the morning, before the sun, before the world caught up to us. We talked of mysteries and hopes, of spirits, the lack of god, and pain, the pain that fathers know and elders. You gave me breath,…

She breathed life to me by Carter’s mill, beside the walk cradling the edge of the river I didn’t know it at the time, I was full of myself and the future and grandness but I learned, eventually, those are illusions created by ourselves and…

I stand upon the precipice of knowledge, knowing the world revolves around nothingness. Red, yellow, black, and white learned this lesson once, before man discovered himself as different. Knowing the world revolves around nothingness, I prayed to my scarred ancient ancestor, before man discovered himself…

Nestled in the vast pine forest of northern Minnesota, my dog and I lay in a small two-man tent. It was the last night of our canoe journey. Slowly, we were awakened, a buzzing sound surrounded us and curiosity made us look outside. Blocking the…

android, robots, and neo-plastic killer drone time for this one to go home i see the future as if it’s now i see the past and wonder how i see the present in undertow i wonder if, they’ll ever know our brains are melted and…

1- The bells rang free on Stephen’s night, yet, 2- after the snow fell, their sound was muted. 3- Attendees had long since escaped 4- the oaken, wooden pews of Saint Bethel 5- and returned to hearth and home, relieved. 6- The service had children,…

We fly about on fragile wings that frantically beat, desperate in our need to gain formation, to gather together those of likeness and temperament, never quite understanding there is no direction home, yet, once begun, we are relentless in our pursuit. Warriors fighting against shadows…

I am the soul of war a dance of angels cast down for the purchased promises of tomorrow I am the blood of the innocents and the vanquished and the victorious sanguine sacrifices for change I am the spirit of your disease a trinket in…