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Poison Sumac
My body lies, tells the truth,
but lies again. Sweet discharge,
then inflammation. You on top,
breathing as I receive. Delivery
insistent as vines. Once you climb inside,
those...
There’s poop in my underwear
https://soundcloud.com/user-674857679/theres-poop-in-my-underwear
when my wife gave me shit
for the poop in my underwear
I had, had enough of it
I can't help
the crap
on my hanes
I said plain
but she...
sorting old photographs: Lisbon
while I waited for a
connecting flight
in the Lisbon airport
I found myself seated opposite
an elderly man in a red hat
bearing, in bold script
Hot Stuff
he looked...
Napkin poems
By closing time
the pretty ones looked tired too.
That helped.
The bartender wiped down the counter
like he was erasing a crime.
A man I used to sleep...
Hollywood
In protest of morning
Dear Sir or Madam,
I would like to protest the morning. I am smoking too many cigarettes. (cough, cough-spit.) There is sleep in my eyes...
A £1,000 TIP
My mother
and her husband
are talking
to a married couple
from Wisconsin
probably the same age
They describe themselves
as nice
but very stupid
and have been
on a number
of cruises before
one which...
saying goodbye
reading Leonard Cohen
by candlelight,
visualizing
bonfire night,
your birthday
were you still alive
under that streetlamp,
we could walk together
to your bench
and talk awhile
it’s what we always did best—
just talk,...
Everything Shines Brighter in Her Hell
Everything shines brighter in Heather’s hell
with piercing visions of uncomfortable truths.
Old MacDonald still has a farm
because society requires sustenance.
No one wants to do the...



























