it’s you and me, and the woman we love,standing on granite altars,huddling in the cold around the fire,one more star without a constellation. bottle of cheap whiskey,back and forth,back and forth.you and her.it’s not much,but something in the back of you knows:this is as close to loving as you’ll come tonight. it’s easy to look …
Post Type Archives: Poems
Grizzlies in the Wild Have Nothing to do With Zoo Exhibits. (2013)
Where anthologies have margins,Spaces often devoid of artist input,Chapbooks have nothing but key strokes,And spilled pools of thoughts. They don’t teach from chapbooks,Maybe it’s the stink of cigarette smoke on them,The panic attacks interwoven with the fibers of the paper.Chapbooks are dirty and homeless,Best clean them up to use them for instruction.Put them in a …
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Grain Elevators (2013)
We’ve got hundred-proof blood, you and me,Ain’t nothin’ gonna dilute us. Hundred-proof, fire-breathing, Growing up, driving through Kansas,don’t see a lot of sky-line,But they got these grain-elevators.Ten-story concrete cylinders,and on dry days when the chaff is thick,takes just a single spark to send the whole thing up in smoke,concrete takes a lot of pressure to …
Glossy Shine (2013)
must have been sixth grade,this kid T.J. or Tyler–sixth grade I thought about making everyone call me Thomas,–just going by Tom for the rest of my life.he showed me his mother’s Victoria’s Secret catalogue.thick-paged, glossy shine, woman after woman,him pointing his finger at his favorites. he was blonde, but broader built than the boy …
Give the Kid a Break (2014)
Poor choices.Got me a good few of them poor choices.Got me poor choices.What it is, that’s what it is, gotta, got ta be.Poor choices. My fault, my fault, my fault, love,me and these bad choices,gotta, gotta be… that’s why, that’s why you ain’t gonna be,nothin’ more than dead-long stains on the floor,guilt stretchin’ clockwise-spirals in …
generic but true connections (2014)
I am in dire need of a consenting adult.I look like me, and I’m romantic the way that I’m romantic,I find the things I find attractive attractive,and if you’re down with that,you and I might need to connect.
gears (2018)
some nights we would go out to the bluffs and stare so far into space you could swear you’d seen the back of your own head. used to go because it was beautiful and i wanted company falling asleep in carslong talks and drinks by firelight. just want to make something an inch as beautiful,even …
Future Forms (2014)
Javascript poems that change around with the movement of your mouse. Looks boring until you move your mouse to go back, then you explore, finding more and more.
From my years in The Boy Scouts of America #3 (2013)
“Fires have their place, too. A fire can warm you, cook your food, and dry your clothes. Bright flames can lift your spirits on a rainy morning. At night, glowing embers can stir your imagination.” – The Boy Scout Handbook, Page 248, 11th Edition, Third Printing It’s quiet now,Somehow between sunset—and now,All us boys have …
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From my years in The Boy Scouts of America #2 (2013)
“ … and morally straight …To be a person of strong character, your relationships with others should be honest and open. You should respect and defend the rights of all people. Be clean in your speech and actions, and remain faithful in your religious beliefs. The values you practice as a Scout will help you …
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