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June Journals 6-25-88
The check I bounced was for $208. My buddy, Alfonso S., did the design and layout for Victor Martinez’s first book, Wrecking Them Back. I feel like telling Vic… More
Let Me Tell You What a Poem Brings
yes, it is that easy, a poem, imagine me telling you this / instead of going day by day against the razors, well, / the judgments, all the tick-tock… More
Crescent Moon on a Cat’s Collar
I come from a family of madmen and extravagant women. More
She Wants the Ring Like He Wants the Suit of Scars/But
she wants the ring / like he wants the suit of scars/but / I / want violetrhymes from the salt mine of a cell when it blows More
Follow Rozewicz
Follow Różewicz". . . at twenty-fourled to slaughter,"he recites, smokes his thick cigarettes,his tenor voice betrays him, his enduranceall these years, he utters so many thingsabout days gone and… More
Methamphetamine Trap
The brilliance of diamond clear rocks/ Sparkle in a bent heirloom spoon/ A cracked cup of tepid water/ And a small bit of cotton fluff More
Michelle Sloan: My Little Girl
I could feel you growing in me/ with every little heart beat/ you got stronger and I got weaker/ You were made from love/ At least I loved your… More
Tapwater Coffee
They took away our coffee pots; You know the type: Big forty-cup, with chrome, The kind you’d never use at home. They said a weapon Potentially lurked there, Were it heaved or water thrown. More
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