Scuzzbucket

dead malls

abandoned and neglected malls 
I have no incentive 
to be a consumer 
on a Saturday afternoon…
it was once nice 
to walk around and explore…

strangers

grown ups used to say
never talk to strangers
they could steal you and keep you
locked up in their basement
only now you’re lying on an empty bed
littered with laundry
in a tiny studio apartment
in a crowded city that never sleeps
gosh, maybe a dark room
with an upstairs roommate
you never see
doesn’t sound…

Cocoon Heart

a stirring of wonder

do you wonder
do you wait
do you have the imagination
and patience not to hate
don’t be…

Sketchy Looks Raise Many Questions

A dialogue

“Next!”

Poetry

Contrapasso

A pantoum

The Ants I Tortured

Poem

I am doomed
Because of the ants
I tortured when I was
A kid and when
Noons got long and…

POETRY

Perhaps Good Things Do Come With Time

The Totality of Us Remains

the Moon starts to move away from the Sun, the sky begins to lighten, and…

That’s All She Wanted

A dialogue