In the Bible No One Appears Smoking
But what if God or those who wrote the Bible
forgot to include the cigarettes
and in reality those Biblical figures
spent the day puff-puff-puffing
Tributes
Kalifornia
She told me that she loved me.
I was only 8 years old.
She spoke of getting married
After we were grown.
A Time to Heal
Bipolar disorder (Noun) A psychiatric disorder marked by alternating episodes of mania and depression. That is a fact. Here is my slice of that storm.
Gaps in Résumé
Growing up in my day (gosh, I sound old), everybody wanted to be a rapper. Everybody wanted to battle. Everybody wanted to blow up. Everybody was going for everybody. And then it died out. We died out. I have to bury myself within these pages just to feel alive, and in the process …
Phone Sox
I watched in confused amazement as the
inmate carefully slipped a sock over his phone
like a giant cotton condom
before placing the bone phone up to his ear.
Lament: I Am Implication
an afterthought,
meat gone rancid,
Anna Karenina in blue hose,
ephemerata.