Saturday, June 11, 2005
The grumbling gut of the air conditionerdrowns out our divisive dalliance.Beneath it’s siphon of sound, the callused clinking of collars and chains. She always walks the dogs after seven, she says “to...
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Sky, soft as the patch of hairbehind my hound's ear, leaning towardsthe same light ambercomplexion.Cows descend, certain the scentof storms. Butthe clouds are justJupiter twiddling his thumbs atthe...
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Fragility marks a page of fate.The book is old, worn like the torpid head of a slipper.Having left my pair in Ohio, stainedby neglect and theliquid soap that makes bubbles,my naked toes curl aroundthe...
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The hay-haired woman in the corner takingpictures of herselfhas a chin that could slice meat,but no lover.Mother sits wringing her handsbecause even if she takes a standshe can't fatten Niger with just...
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(Gracie was my best friend for awhile but she doesn't write me anymore.)Between letters, death birthedmy aunt's fetus, frozenas Medusa's lover.A stain of two months.Bette chainsmoked her way out ofthe...
View ArticleMonday, August 08, 2005
Don't get me wrong - I live occasionally. Firstcousin to no oneI camewait-listed and willowy.Numb to the push pinsembedded inempty seats. A pricklypersonage:vacancy. Bloatedas a tea bag orthe woman on...
View ArticleSaturday, August 13, 2005
Adventure awaits. I will brown like toast for six days and hopefully return with more creative effort to display.Enjoy your week. I have a feeling we'll be alright after all.
View ArticleMonday, August 22, 2005
Everyone is born something.I was born aloneto ruin.For that, they named me after Judas -the greedy beatnikswallowing fire in Akel Damaunder a sky of lint and obsidian,all for a promise.Anita in Jersey...
View ArticleWednesday, August 31, 2005
Katrina grabbed the bayou by hershirt collar and shook.The rain came in fleets but it wasfearthat shattered windows.Momma hopes Aunt Daisy, built likean italicized question mark,dies with the pharaohs...
View ArticleThursday, December 01, 2005
I am elsewhere.You are all very beautiful. For your words, I thank you.
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