quick as an asteroid crossing the night sky, I fell under the influence of your polaroid beauty while you remained oblivious, perhaps by choice while I lay longing in purgatory, dreaming that maybe maybe in...
I wish to move the earth— to ignite a revolution on a Thursday night to scream my manifesto in a crowded basement to awaken in the fierce embrace of she who will hold my blazing...
I may never see your poetry The words you’d write down, If you chose. But I can see When your eyes flash gray Or dance to green The pain, and sorrow The joy, the seams...
The first flight I took was maybe an hour long, if not less, from Bangkok to an island oasis called Koh Samui. Since moving away to college, I am flying transatlantically, traveling for a minimum...
The world that passes by the school bus is a lovely winter wonderland despite the fact that it’s not snowed in weeks all because the cold last night and the dew this morning frozen in...
I am the daughter of an arsonist, building a house upon scorched earth, whispering apologies to weathered wood, begging each grain to forgive the flames of love that live in my burned blood...
- Thaw the frozen beef Sit at the counter across from her - Measure out the spices Talk about how school was - Chop the onions Talk to her about treatment and chemo - Mix...