“A Portrait of Forgiveness”

“something once vital ringing the edges of me”

“You hold me under, play wrestle—a body pin.”

“The glue on the stamp
tastes like failure”

“People wanted to dance. People wanted to scream. People wanted”

“let’s just dig
up this brick
you’re nailed to”

“What the fuck is this?”

“Why healthcare.gov doesn’t work.”

“A garden of crushed roses floating over opaque ecru water”

“And it occurs to me
that you would not hear Lou Reed”

“Every kiss & Girl
at my down & ruddy face.”

“Can you kids even dance to this?!”

“Bullets pass out of the television”

“the physical demands of thrusting in zero gravity”

“summer is gone, and that we must, again, quietly cuddle-up”

“Fred and Tim: A Parody of an Actual Political Party”

“They gave me something to focus on beyond depression”

“Better to assume

the impossible jewelry of love”

“can we stop all these leaves from
falling from the trees while we’re at it?”

“the vomit flies swarming in your belly buzz into the shit and refuse”