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THE NEW JOB
I refused to acknowledge the thoughts, ignored them and moved on, like the time we sped beyond the dog run over seconds before, the owner in her yard, frantic, pained, but I pretended I did not see,...
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NO FOOL
I’m no April’s fool, no brat of entitlement, no for-granted-taker, I recognize happiness, fleeting happiness, that scruffy nomad, usually undependable, usually here today gone today, usually a...
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An Outsider’s Guide to Gay Marriage
Monday he wakes me after he showers with a hand on my stomach. He smells like soap and coffee. Tuesday he cuts the grass. I meet him at the door with water, towel the sweat from his forehead. On...
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After AWP
This is a first for me, the de-icing of the plane, melting the stoicism of being away from you. For three days, I was a business man. I thought of you, but the gears turned for hours, the pistons of...
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Sledgehammer Sestina: A Love Story
For Seth. And for me. February – you sit in the church parking lot, finger golden lettering on your childhood bible, come alone again, tussle nerves, open door, step out, pavement lightning when feet...
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