up late and slept in, hurt deep to the bonesthe sharp grey light spills in through cold windowswe started drinking around 11watching the soviet chess narrativesthat have always brought comfortthe dog is grumpyshe wants to sniff around the neighborhoodi am too tired to walk her today the recipe is: cubed stale breadonions and celery sweatedinContinue reading “covid portrait, thanksgiving 2021”
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wildheart
in the beginningshe sent everyone out of the roomand asked me: do you believein demons?i’ll answer your question, i saidbut first we have to definewhat a demon is i asked her: whydid you steal the patient listfrom the nurses’ stationshe said, they had mugshots of uswhy can’t they just remember our names do you needContinue reading “wildheart”
nocturne: swamp thing
something about standingin a swamp slimed with pond scumbuilding a bridge with fallen treessurprised at what i can carrythese strangers approachcalling me by namethey have a letter for memistakenly delivered years agowhen it would have matteredthe envelope is covered withnotes about how to find methey’ve made it a mystery to solvethey seem so proud myContinue reading “nocturne: swamp thing”
but try it anyway
the truth is when i really dig deep and try to recall all his lessons were passive an unwrapped birthday toolbox with everything i’d need go on kid teach yourself, like I did what she gave me were clear instructions this is the way we bake the bread this is the way we mop theContinue reading “but try it anyway”
mattress dungeon 