Bake Sale
‘is it done?’ the mother texts the shoplifter
who happens to be her daughter
smelling of pot roast
& filetto ai tre pepi
w/ buzzards circling overhead
u...
Seduction
Do you know any place that serves Mexican hot chocolate? I ask the driver.
My girlfriends and I sit squished like marshmallows inside an Uber...
American Soldier Baby
My high school friend has changedher profile picture. Newborn son, swaddled
in husband’s Army jacket.Small toes protruding like mushrooms.
Caption: baby Brennan, reportingfor duty!...
A Rotary Phone
It’s strange to buy machinerythat will last longer than you live,
discomfiting. Your mother
has a chairlift that takes her fromthe living room to...
Hair-Dye Pastoral
“I got a sickness,
sweet as a love-note”
-Steve Albini
These vines slimify ripe
skin—come, brush through spindle-
thick veins of hair that sweep
your flushed forehead. Mine: rusted...
