“A Discarded Cigarette,” “For Masha Bruskina,” “Claret Aphrodisiac,” and “For Natalie”
A Discarded Cigarette Yes she said, to my offer of a drink as if a shallow tribute Or token was needed for my eyes to wander over her sculpted form…
“A Porterhouse Steak,” “Damaged Yet Beautiful,” and “A Cocktail Lounge”
A Porterhouse Steak Some mornings won't quite let you forget foolishness from the night before with dull aches or a hammer lodged in your skull…
“The Fly and the Wild Boys,” “His Toxic Masculinity,” and “Invisible Doubt”
The Fly and the Wild Boys The fly was lonely, or suicidal, or both. Bad habits to have in my too-small apartment. It had left me in peace while I…
“In Suffocating Breath,” “Requisite Damage,” and “Self-Mutilation”
In Suffocating Breath I feel the dirty secrets her lips leave. In bruises for other women to read. Her knife---the sex she says she can’t give yet…
