When You Meet a TERF
… thank her for her service, like a veteran
(tho you don’t believe in the war). She will have borne
the burden of her body sincerely, despite her insistence
that concession is the bastard child of resistance,
The Most Beautiful Word
Terrible and terrific come from the same root:
terror. Most days I assume difference
means divergence. Most nights my horizontal
body lays down next to my son’s to ensure
he grows up to be a tender-hearted vertical
citizen.
Poems, Tributes
Any Hack Can Crank Out a Hundred Sonnets
Any hack can crank out a hundred sonnets if he has to; all you have to do is set up
In the Clearing
Image: “Zaubererturm” by Jennifer S. Lange. “In the Clearing” was written by Devon Balwit for Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge, October 2024, and selected as the Artist’s Choice.
The Elders
the color of their hair, then their hair,
their once-smooth gait now upgraded
to gimp.