Mirror Match Before Laser Floyd
February 28, 2004 I feel a hand reach through the mirrorit pulls me through the glassand points me towards the darknessthe darkness that we never see—but this kind of darkness will show you the lightthe light of an idea—that your unconscious despairis something that you—just have to try and define. Is my despair:—a need to […]
Thursday Poem on a Monday Night
THURSDAY POEM ON A MONDAY NIGHTMay 15, 2006 Yesterday the forecast was raining-rottena thunder storm swept through townand a lightning strike caused a surgethat damaged my thirteen inch bedroom TV.It was a Christmas gift from my parents in 1997.The screen is now colored with green and purple splotches.I watched the season two finale of Grey’s […]
Comfort In Chaos (Interlude)
I’ll find comfort in chaosand victory in your armsyou’re the one I think ofwhen I linger inside our little version of forever.I don’t even know what year it is anymorebut I want to see if you agreethat our favorite people prop us up like shelters. They house all different kinds of loveand shine like street […]
Naming the World
Idling at a red light on Fifth Avenue I notice a million dollar mansion wrapped up in a big red bow. It’s early November, too soon for Christmas. Who decorates a house to look like a present? Maybe it’s not the architecture of a building or even the legacy of its former inhabitants— House Negley. […]
(UN)LOST at the Altar Bar
“Control what you can, confront what you can’t, and always remember how lucky you are to have yourself.” —John O’Callaghan It’s a monsoon outside The Maine show so I sprint down Penn Avenue. Skynet sent me from the future to test if robots can run faster than the rain. I’m a T-1000 Terminator made of […]
Love Poem (after Ron Padgett)
Love Poem after Ron Padgett We have plenty of throw pillows in our house. We arrange them every morning when we make the bed together. First, the floral ones that match the sheets. Next, the cylindrical bolsters for back support followed by twenty-one inch silver squares big enough to be two obsolete televisions. The last […]
Dream Out Loud
Bridget invites me under her umbrella a shelter where her eyes offer a glimpse of who I could become. A real adult with stubble and a clever imagination. We ascend her jungle green apartment steps and I note that this is not an off-script encounter in someone else’s adventure—this is the new narrative of my […]
Traffic Between Two Worlds
I. Smoked ham, pepperoni, and salami. Provolone, banana peppers, and mayonnaise. Red wine vinegar, olive oil, onions, and oregano. Oh, how things like our taste buds do change as I try to wash down this Italian sub with some freshly squeezed lemonade. I used to be a picky eater, but—who am I now? I ask […]
Ixora
The windshield wipers whisk back and forth, back and forth back and forth and forward on as I drive east on I-4 from Saint Petersburg to Orlando. Through the sideways rain and monsoon winds I see green signs for Winter Haven and Lakeland, the later one being where Aaron Marsh lives who I just saw […]
Different Cloth
We’re already 0 for 1 as my brother enters the numerical coordinates for the second cache into an app on his android phone as we walk along a gravel, man made mountain road. I try to imagine where the railroad tracks used to be, but all I see are some dull orange leaves. There’s sweat […]