“Haiku: 17 Drops on the Tongue,” “Bermuda Highway,” and “Like Heroin”

Haiku: 17 Drops on the Tongue Fives...sevens...fives show'r            d…


“Blue Light,” “Evening Machines,” and “Street Flowers”

Blue Light Leaning against an old Chevrolet on Maudlin Street, I smoke a cigarette---hard---chuckling at the hisses and howls of alley cats beneath…


“AI, AI, AI (A Tartarus for Youth),” “The Spaces in Between,” and “Nothing Lasts”

AI, AI, AI (A Tartarus for Youth) I. AI, AI, AI! Sated with stolen life, emerged from mother’s Night, there is longing to be free from the warmth of…


“Kiss Me, Again, Again, and Again,” “Lithium,” “Contentment,” and “Gossip”

Kiss Me, Again, Again, and Again The coppery taste of meat beneath your sweet breath lingers Like a penny on the tip of my tongue. Head or tail?…