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Monthly Archives: March 2012

mmmkay (ode to featherskin)

I threw the cupboard door through the living room straight into a sticky, musical nebula, because it was ABOUT TIME. I had an epiphany while washing my hands in the bathroom about the nature of sexuality, identity and dynamic change so I laughed real hard and smiled at the mirror and slapped the counter all [...]

All the Metaphors

In middle-school mathematics my second major infatuation said he wanted to be a bird so he could fly. In our one-bedroom apartment my ex-girlfriend believed she was a tree so she could identify herself as something beautiful and growing. Right now I’d like to be one of the icicles outside my window so that I’d glisten blindingly against a clear blue [...]

Heaven’s Rising Again

Heaven’s rising again like the welling up of tears. The emotional expulsion, how could this be real? It’s real… Heaven’s rising again like the spelling out of fears. The photographic emulsion: you’re seeing what’s real. It’s real. Heaven’s rising again like a belly full of beers. The body’s self-propulsion. Your flesh is real. It’s real. [...]

i asked myself cynically “what is romance anyways?” and then i thought – let’s write a poem Words, it’s time

I want to be like a party for you. I want to be a shimmering light. I want to be the thought that keeps you up at night. Whatever that thought may be. I’ve got too much starting to do. It’s hard to step from the shimmering light. I want to be the thought that [...]