eat my words.

Category: Po-em-ee Po-e-tree

  • Maxie,

    “It only looks high up because your head is at the top of your body” I told you while we held hands, Standing two-thousand-feet from land. This was before the braces Fixed your buck teeth  And you grew to six-two. This was when we wore matching onesies, And before we wore shoes.  When we stood…

  • SONNET18

    Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. ASHTRAY. CITRUS CHARDONNAY. CHILD’S PLAY. LATE MAY. AFFECTION. MERIT. THEN POMEGRANATE. In mustard-seed-time, three months between canines. My heart bumps extra thump-umps. Adrenalined. FISHING. ICE CREAM. LONG LIMBS. Blurry, tangled lines. Heavy metal. Banging heads. Sun-burned. Love-brimmed. LOVELY. But then,…