Inferno Tulips
To survive a New Brunswick apartment
during an upstairs summer
without air conditioning
without one’s own television or music
the breeze used up
by the families
I heard yelling
and...
If a Plane Crashed Exactly on the U.S.-Canadian Border, in Which Country Would They Bury the Survivors?
—for Margot
After I crawled away from the wreck
And...
Funeral FAQs
Question: Should we play a hymn when viewing the folded flag?Answer: Forgiveness is not a window full of fingerprints wiped clean.Question: What arrangement...
Dinosaur Gardens
Every family’s story is the same in departure. We visited every summer, a pilgrimage to primordial creatures fashioned from lumber, concrete, and obsession....
Harpoon
Moonlight drapes the garden with a lullabycold as a harpoon. It knows its target,the heart. Later, the helpless, useful thingwill dive and flail, ribcage...
