Issue I

Mourning: dance of one I dance in the puddles, barefoot Going where the water lures me My steps shatter the […]

The fire escape finds meaning The fire escape on the side of my building has been gone  on a long

Drenched You are god-soaked — a hay dream that drenches the prairies and all of the haloes pour through You

Imagine Joker Reading This “This is a safe space,” that is what they say, in that voice, you know the

Man-made his god  Prayer for the World “Let the rain come and wash away the ancient grudges and the bitter

Seated It’s how he saw them How he painted their portraits Watched them walk, creaking, stiff Not really going anywhere

Crouch grass No one likes us. We don’t care . We’re the crouch grass army And we’ll grow anywhere! You

Keeping a five-year-old entertained on a 65-degree Easter Afternoon  Bouncing bunny, all springs, small anticipation,  hiding eggs with kindergarten grace, 

Night Sweats Jewish graves desecrated. Dogs and other animals eating the corpses. Not everything is a metaphor for something else.

Ball is Round Damn cold air woke me up this morning.  The wind blew so hard, my cardboard mat started