Poetry

Medea to Susan Smith, 1995

  It would have been better if we both had guns / if it had…

Plush as carmine / (tender) as a sore

  In our world, pomegranates are bees’ produce. Structure of honeycomb, kernels combed away. The…

Interrogation

  He is perfect to whom the entire world is as a foreign place –Saint…

Swimming Lesson

    I found a pool and fell in. The water surrounds me while the…

Almost Animal

  I heard they no longer sew eyelids of the dead shut. When I pressed…

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El Chingón

  URGENTE! NOTIFICACIÓN FINAL! Reunión OBLIGATORIO del Comité de Admisión, Revisión y Despido Estimado Padre/Guardián:…

La Llorona at the Saloon

There are no more dances there. When she clocks in, the batwings sound as if…

abandoning the murder capital
(san pedro sula, honduras, 2013)

  retiring in the murder capital of the world adjust volume; some sound.   abandoning…

Asleep In Capilla El Dorado

Resin pellets spark clouds inside the airport chapel & a priest marks time, swinging the…

Three Poems

Solitary Encounters His intellect reminded me of Spanish Harlem, unpretentious but resonating, as he discussed…