ProseHope hangs loosely like a noose'If it still doesn't work, come back in a week—in a week, okay? Can you promise me that?' I nod. The birds outside the left window of the...
PoetryThe Very First LoveYes, I ate the fruit From the lowly hung tree, and like a foal I clambered out from the stars, calves Burning from blindness. I am numb...
PoetryThinking of the back gardenStrip it down, bare body and bone, nothing whole, full of holes--a punctured soul bawling beneath as the wind passes through like kidney...
PoetryThe Ringi. Men, crushed under the boom of rapture; the kings of the era sing their sermon. Women, a half-moon of bloody hands. No newborns...
PoetryHow it kind of feels likeTo water An empty pot, wishing For anything to bloom. Hurrying to catch The last train After midnight. Calling dead numbers To catch the...
ProseExtraordinary manIt starts as a prick of sadness. It always does. A pin drop, something like that. It was walking down the hallway, your feet clambering...
PoetryEine Kleine NachtmuzikWe ran too quickly, The world spinning beneath Our feet, smoke rolling Off our toes—our footprints Flickering, eyes dancing to the death...
PoetryUpkeepSay to me The same things You have said to Every other person; Anything else Is indigestion. Lord have mercy On the ones who never learn,...
PoetryA MythCatch the strays in the air, monogamous seasons rising, the tail end in an ill-timed song by the old swallows. One by one the lights...