Exile
Exile is a long walk, an intricate tattoo, soonit has grown into your face—Daniel Simko
Your mouth sounds clearestacross the ocean. Language rises
into a cloud...
At the memory care center, the parlor resembles
what was once my grandmother’s bedroombut with artificial flowers.Dixie cups swirl with pink ice cream,the coffee table...
Statistics
“An estimated 23 million miscarriages occur every year worldwide, translating to 44 pregnancy losses each minute.”
Quenby, Siobhan “Miscarriage matters: the epidemiological, physical, psychological, and...
Anniversary with Busted Taillight
There remain the Pleiades, dark filling stations
deer crossing signs, waspish hum of planes departing Teterboro.
She belongs to the permafrost when we...
Sunlight on Rue Saint-Augustin
The flat is full of sunlight, too full of sunfor a morning after French wine andcherry blossom footsteps
atop streets dark with...
Yet No Less Happy
On my birthday I vacuum my study then get
carried away, sweep through the bedroom,
bathroom. I drink an extra cup of coffee,
praise...
