White Witch as a Young Girl
Thick like molasses—Watch outfor your weight chorusthe church ladies, little girlsnot allowed delightfrom Turkey or elsewhere.Don’t brown in the...
Terminal
Actually, it’s good to be quiet, to
be a waiting stone, while that word
caroms around the room.
Does he mishear it
as Eternal? The one time I...
Synchronicity
I.
You loved me when I was an open flower
something nice to look at on sunny days
never asking for much
II.
I loved you like a stone
you...
Somewhere Jazz
Paris Street, Tampa
Trumpet, trumpet flower, and the before
—my body old already, but sparking.
This was decades before the songs I thought
sang Shadow Garden, the...
