How the Catcher in the Rye Ruined My Life
When I checked out The Catcher in the Rye at the library I was looking foreward to stirring up the thick sediment of adolescence. Though I recalled the details of… More
Of Cold Places
Of Cold PlacesI used to keep a list of foreign prisons:Lubyanka in Moscow, Portolova in SpainCalifornia's Terminal Island,exotic names of cold places.I thought: one day I'll make a poemlisting… More
The Knave of Hearts, A Sestina
He was so caught up in this city of wilderness that he was unable to escape the prison of a real war. The girl—a color of something pink like the sensuous… More
To Sleep on a Submarine
Elusive submarine sleep, I have sought you In so many submarine places When too weary to continue unending submarine work. More
Reductio ad absurdum
i kissed you from the door to the bedfrom the bed to the bathroom from the bathroomto the kitchen and in the morningyour panties in the refrigerator your stockings in the potyour shoes… More
Hideous Hideaway
On the floor in the corner,urine marinated cigarette butts.The smell of stale sweat and stale smoke.A hastily shredded letter in the toilet.Soap scum around the sink.Dried razor hairs and… More