there are two of them,devouring, ravenous. Instinctreaching out, taking hold ofeverythingin their slender hands; fierce minds reduced toan…
(January 2006, 38° F)
A haibun
Half-boy, half-man, he drowns in the speckled blue hospital gown and watches the other…
Encircling the playground,the yellow crime scene tape flutters in the windas the police crawl all over with their baggies and camerasand…
I worked with a guy once, bold and brassy and loud and always on edge, always one step from detonation. He was a really…
All the days seem dark and grey down here in the Ironbound, but the 25 is loud and boisterous as always when it is filled with…
Your job, convenience;stories and sirens not yours -so far, our luck holds.
The young man isbleeding outon frozen pavement.Surrounded by lights,strangers,his life seeps,fading,as…
a haiku
fragrance of decay,a thickness of marigolds — neighbors toking lunch.
Once a cookie-stealing impwith hesitant smile and sad eyes,ears bigger than his head,
