Balsa (2013)

There’s nothing in that hip-sway swagger–that shows anyone the broken parts of you.     I only know because I put them there        one by one by one.        an eye for an eye for an eye. [fair or right doesn’t occur,not in the heat of it.] I guess I’m just not as good at …

As close as I’ll get to a real reason. (2014)

            a dog chasing its tail,            is just a want-to-be ouroboros.viper             s without end.             spend so much looking for theives in the night–                they have suchslang                for you.=brilliance        is an adjective of–                    without, without …

As Much Evidence As I Need (2015)

Facebook suggests strangers I know better than you.I share stories because I’m a story teller,not out of trust or affection. I tell you things like:I’m emotionally distant,I don’t like people touching me,I don’t think we’re talking about the same thing. You tell me things like:We could sleep together,We can keep work and private lives separate,We’re …

[Apply Online.] (2013)

[Apply Online.]But how to you glean whether or not I have the charisma for good customer service from a form? [Apply Online.]How can you tell how firm my handshake is,Whether I walk with confidence,Or the exaggerated world weary apathy article after article bestows upon my generation. [Apply Online.]But I came in, resume in hand,Showered, shaved, …

Anxiety (2014)

No, I wanna explain it.I wanna explain the bad days.There’s this symphony that everyone is playing,it’s got those melodies, those overtone harmonies,‘n they’re all keepin’ perfect two-three-fours,‘n they’re all in bell kicks ‘n kick flips,                         and then you come in playing a kazoo and siting criss-cross-apple-sauce. ‘n they’re all …

Anxiety Too (2014)

I apologize. I am unreliable.I am unreliable because I cannot rely on myself.I cannot rely on my emotions.I cannot rely on my thoughts.Sometimes they are lies.Sometimes they are flimsy facades for something else.Sometimes they are exactly what they seem. Sometimes a baby’s laugh will make me beam like sunlight, today it made me cry. I …