Amethyst Dreams

He leans on the bar in the pose of the Thinker lost in a reverie of Bourbon, odd bits of foolscap scattered...

vulnerability, the way you like it (me)

I peel                                         the orange because you sighed                         at my request         for you               your hands                         gently ripping me apart I peel                                        the...

The Roof

Suzannah and I were just out of library school and didn't have much money, but everything fell into place as in a movie from the 1950s. We found jobs,...

Nadja: A Theme and Variations

Allegro Pierre and Nadja were meant to be together. He was sure of it. Or at least he meant them to be. From Nadja’s perspective, she was meant to be...

Self-Portrait as M.C. Escher Drawings

Kaleidoscopes in the eyes fracture her clavicles onto the ceiling, his stubble projected onto the wall across the room. Flower vases hang in the air. Everything is where nothing is. It’s all spilling, doubling back—material materializing. I reach...

The Roof

Suzannah and I were just out of library school and didn't have much money, but everything fell into place as in a movie from the 1950s. We found jobs,...

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