while my hand gently grazed over the paper my pen began to tremble outside an empty car stole the silence shooting lamps of red and white the horn bleating of theft when no one was there to hear it in my unfolding book of poems it is like that

Mom was clinically depressed, she must of thought her life a mess. She took sleeping pills, with liquid potatoes that were distilled. My son is a bi-polar inmate lost his mind in a manic state. Gran use to get the blues, induced by top shelf booze. Fictional, factual pain, a kiss to drive one insane. Searching for a path, to make one laugh. A sip from the fountain of youth, reality a taste of truth. Where is the hope? In a prescription of dope? Didn’t know what it felt like to be alone. Un… Continue

I must be ripe. 25 years of sexual development Have turned me into a Heavy plum- Bursting red- Waiting to be devoured. Seasoned and mature I feel my eminent decay I can see myself A gooey scarlet smear on the ground. But for now The sun is bright and warm. I am plump and luscious- Ready to spread my juice. And the streets are full of beautiful men That my eyes voraciously gulp down Ravenous. This is how I know My peak has been reached: Each swagger gets me going Every swell of a bicep The… Continue

sHe disturbs meaning ~ in rhythmic pulsation ~ exciting to fluorescence a deeply subtext'd verse; 'but don't mistake a stinging strophe for arrogance.' 'that's just fierce presence,' moved by waves of astonishment cascading through a nervous and vascular system spontaneously overfl… Continue

I did not write this but I feel its needs to pass on: I was sitting alone in one of those loud, casual steak houses that you find all over the country. You know the type--a bucket of peanuts on every table, shells littering the floor, and a bunch of perky college kids racing around with long neck beers and sizzling platters. Taking a sip of my iced tea, I studied the crowd over the rim of my glass.? My gaze lingered on a group enjoying their meal. They wore no uniform to identify their branc… Continue