“For All of the Suicides on Christmas Day,” “Fuck Yeah,” “Ascension,” and “The Man in the Wheelchair Outside of the Post Office”
For All of the Suicides on Christmas Day Feel sorry for a stray dog with a limp. Feel sorry for a cat with frostbitten ears. Feel sorry for a…
Mercy Without Mercy
Mercy, who they call "Misi" That the priests’ Hee-Haws echoes she cheers Like all Hispanic people Even, especially, that bunch of Andalusians From…
“Blessings” and “Zhao Xiaoyan’s Narrative”
translated by Xi Nan Blessings For Bodhisattvas' sake Bless him to go down one level less in Hell* Bless every single person to have a normal sex…
Begin from 1
translated by Xi Nan Moving backwards from 10 Omit 0 Begin directly from 1 Must go for a zigzag To arrive at 2 And go for another zigzag To arrive at…
Jumping Abortion
In Madrid, a mother woman Married with eight daughters Daughters of good suffering And better to seem Devotee of Jesus "the Poor" She welcomed her…
“Lady in the Dark Stairway,” “Stupidity in the Winter Evening,” and “Winter Solstice, Guilt”
Lady in the Dark Stairway My law-daughter prays every night in the room downstairs. She confesses me, sometimes she sees a lady in a nightgown in the…
“Bewares,” “Courtesy,” “Door,” and Other Poems
Bewares must do in a zombie apocalypse one, if you are reading this list, relax you are not yet a flesh-eating zombie two, always have your weapon on…
“What I Got,” “Velvet Elvis,” “The Truth,” and “A Heart of Jadis”
What I Got A degree that cost me a lot of time and money Contempt for government tyranny A job at the supermarket down the street Memories of former…
Five Haikus from America
Terrorist star Adobe of the old church Letting go alone. Any place once built By cannibals and lived In abandoned. But on this side The crops are…
The Juggler
It’s not the circus as we know it, as least for the Juggler. The staple of the performance, the carnival’s jugular. It has been the same performance…
