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“Ode on a Photo Taken Somewhere Around December 2008,” “Twenty-Something of July, 2013,” “Jasmine,” and Other Poems

Ode on a Photo Taken Somewhere Around December 2008 A moment frozen in eternity, A picture I’m sure no one remembers But me. A frame, a slice, a…


The Slicing

Sardine cans is what Mother called them. The smaller caravans, down the hill in the dip, the view out their living room window looking in through the…


Happy 2021 with My Girlfriend of 320 Kilos

Poet, my friend: I have a girlfriend of more than 320 kilos And I am the happiest in the world. She is beautiful like her alone And she has a very…


Alone at Cherry Grove Mall

Samantha had been waiting for nearly an hour beneath the enormous chandelier at Cherry Grove Shopping Mall. Her friends had ditched her again, and…


Hotel Universo

I immediately ran out into the corridor without even realizing what I was doing. This was at the Hotel Universo back when I was working there as a…


Prize

It was the summer of 2021, only a couple months before the deadline. The journey for the prize had met him with mockery, time after time after time.…


The Crown Seasons 1-4: Surprisingly Good

With Britain entering another pandemic lockdown at the beginning of January, I had little choice but to indulge in the small screen. I decided to…


Three Autobiographical Poems

Apartment Near the BQE (After Edward Hopper) Light coffee, mostly cream Sun slanting through the screen I fell asleep again Just after you had left…


Felis, Part 3

XII. The family men and the oldsters who had slept in the early morning took up position walking perimeter while the threat was low. Gomez slept…


The Dreamery Inshore

A dreamed ship has gone aground at the most marvelous and dreamiest afterglow. The mast adverts to orientation of a tender Morning star. Seafarers…