April 2024

  • going down to the river

    I dipped my toe brieflyinto this river, seeking just the momentary sensationof cool flowing water against…

  • Soulmates

    Miscarriages of justice: I grow upmisunderstanding. Worse, I believethe lies, the errors, propagating themthrough no fault…

  • For the meadow of the royal fortress

    My second self, if there is but one thing I know with certaintyit is the surety…

  • Clara Bow

    For the first time in my lifeI knew there was beauty in the world.For the first…

  • the alchemy

    dark artssecret formulaeevasive canary auraI thought we’d struck goldyour midas touch on the chevy doordid we…

  • the smallest man who ever lived

    floating into the atmosphere, I thoughtthis is you, lifting me upbut it was all just hot…

  • I can do it with a broken heart

    Fred was one thing. Ginger: she did it allbackwardsand in high heels.Me? I can do anything…

  • loml

    love of my lifelacking, oh my loveliving on meagre lovelies of my loverlove, or my lifeloss…

  • I can fix him (no really I can)

    Isn’t it funny, the way we cycle through various lies?Full blinkers. He’s perfect. Rose-tinted lenses. Well,…

  • Who’s afraid of little old me?

    fearfulfull of fearstearfulfor many yearsfeared I wasn’t good enoughfeared I wasn’t worth your lovefeared if I…

  • Guilty as sin?

    I feels unfairthat I get to hold all the shamewhen the bulk of the guilt is…

  • Florida!!

    He asked why I don’t want to travel Florida. If I get too close to Disneyland…

  • Fresh Out the Slammer

    Different cells in different facilitiesbut the white washed walls and cold metal barsare the same. We…

  • But Daddy I love him

    I can see what you’re thinking,eyes brimming with one of those types of painonly a parent…

  • So long, London

    The first one ruined Paris for you.I hear your sobs down the lineand I know this…