
Call Out Our Names
I came to Cincinnati when I was ten with my sister and my daddy and my mama’s best friend We’d left Lafayette on a midnight moon Mama was a waitress, worked till noon. I silently died in the back of the car Sister cried quietly in my arms We hid under covers ‘neath a midnight...
Notable Deaths – 2019
Let Us Now Praise
Let us now praise the donut that is glazed Its existence surely a quantum leap Pastry evolution crawled at a creep The shape,...
A Father and Daughter Enter Into a Dialogue Regarding Pets
If I had a pet I would never be alone How happy I would get To give a pet a home She would...
This Brown Paper Bag of Peaches
“This Brown Paper Bag of Peaches” (“From Blossoms” by Li-Young Lee) Oh words words how they topple from the tonguesuch fun (like many...