Circa Post-traumatic Breakup, Mistakenly Taken for “Daddy Issues” I have a black thumb. As much as this budding twenty-something would love to engage fervently in the vibrant suburban DIY subcategory of “g a r d e n i n g” and “cultivation”, I am apparently inept when it comes to keeping a goddamn succulent alive. […]
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The Feeding
A dusty fan circulated across the room from one end to the other. It’s been a while since Augustus put it to use, so he couldn’t blame the junk for its inability to remember its single duty. Arkansas hasn’t had a summer night like this since he was a child. He lay in his damp […]
The Bat & The Bird
The dark still nurses its secret. But the change in the bat is inevitable even in night skies. If she’s alive now, then she was dead before. Staying put bestowing to habit, Though, like a stone, unaffected. That wasn’t it. The bat slept. Masked upon black mildew, As angels wept over dead ice. Frozen […]
I Was Lying in the Sun
I was lying in the sun, Near juniper shrubs and storybook villas. Not enough profit and pleasure in the telling of, The tapping of a cigarette, The brush of bare knees, A long draught of wine, Closing the shutters on balconies, With blinds made of lace at Angel’s Bay. Red watermelon hues. I’ve read […]