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...
My Therapist Asks Me To Explain Why I Re-write Fairy Tales
The wood-and-plastic fort
in my backyard doesn’t exist
anymore. No child will ever climb
to the platform...