Undertow

The damaged drain backs the water upso the sink spills over its coppery edgeand starts to flood the whole apartmentlike a tidal wave from inside solid walls.The cat jumps from table, to counter,to desk chair, and foot stool to avoidthe creeping water line that cries upall the walls like in a fish tank.The book case […]

Bigfoot

They think they see me all thesepeople, in this desperate town,that write about me every dayon gray paper that melts awaywhen it gets rained on. I bit open a deer skullon a bike path and the crunchrang out so loudit made some people screamwhile at their picnic tableall the flies around stucksickly to their food. […]

Clouded

I don’t remember when I fell asleepbut this must be a dream where nothing’s calling.I’m walking down alonga river bank I do not knowwhere I can see the skeletonof a thirty pack caught up in a tree.I do not recognize the beerbecause the cardboard is decayingin the rain. There’s a fish flopping in pain in […]

Marks

There’s a barely hanging branchand I’ve been waiting just to see itfinally fall, but it refuses to.The cold mornings make the towna bit distorted and any wind that touchesskin is like a fire. They run a wire from the power lineinto the center of her head,and keep assuring me that everything is fine.I can’t tell […]

Essentials

I don’t want to blindly follow anymore.All these endless downward stairstowards what I’m not allowed to knowat any moment and still they try to sell mepurely on the altitude. She’s wearing a t-shirt with a facethat is smiling while all the numbersshe is dialing are to peoplewho don’t even careto just pick up the phone. […]

All Forgotten

Her friends wave to her as she walkstheir direction and her sunglasses are mirrorsfor her eyes. They have no plans tonightthey’re staying in and staring out the windowat this city that is motionless, and a sourcefor all that does not close the distance. No maxed out radio stations can stand holdingonto old decades fading out […]

Nothing New

Kids dressed for funerals they’ve never been to rake leaves under orders from their parents who just want them doing anything productive. A group of smokers argue about football while passing matches back and forth and making motions with their slowly staining hands. A younger kid from further down the sidewalk sits on a skateboard, […]