If I Could Blush…

I hardly noticed him when I was younger,

too into my inability to even look.

But when I’d grown a little older,

and we were someplace together but apart,

Impeach the Cheeto

Trump’s directive to “drain the swamp” will come to be known as his one unquestionably significant political contribution. If…

Beautiful and Sad

Today, describing an object, I described it as beautiful, but then found it necessary to correct myself: “not in the Trump…

Vacancy

Located across the street from an abandoned dealership is a used car lot with garage and showroom. It’s kind of like a Motel 6 without the…

Gutterball

It looks like a Drive-up here’s your pizza window.

PASS-A-GRILLE BEACH

She loved it all.
 The scent of salt air 
 and the roughness of the sand between her toes.
 But most of all she loved the water;
 iridescent blue green further out
 and a mix of silt and seaweed near the shore.
 The waves lapped against her breasts
 as she searched for what was needed.
 It was…

The Sacred Act

He takes me when I am totally empty
Bereft of all moorings that would keep me
Then He makes me full
Of the light I keep searching…

Trauma Center Closed