From the 2018 Collection "The Dead Dog Parish"
Every time I leave my parents’ ho… I am filled with a sweet sorrow. It has taken me half a lifetime to… and now I love them so dearly, so… They nor I are getting younger
With a sword karma sets straight what’s veered. By her sword does Justice dispense simply
In your gut is an empire— Spells, tug of war, Holy Days, ascent, decline.
Pretend like your hell is the new normal. Now the space is calm, and poignant, and telling.
S, I gotta tell you, this sixty-five cents is worse than a lump of coal. I pray the remover of obstacles
I imagined every venerable thing b… from being beaten until I had no b… and living in utter desolation, po… to having tangible things, good ta… Land and Gold.
Formulate an agenda Make friends. Label enemies. Identify beliefs. Re-examine.
One of God’s tricks is, similar to Michael Jordan, It sinks a three-pointer with 1.2 seconds left on the clock,
Brian and I were driving through… which is another name for Indianap… somewhere in South Broad Ripple, a dicey zone and the neighborhoods… we slowed up through a street line…
I know people see him and think, “Gee, that’s crazy.” Which makes it embarrassing to see him
Incense thick with a scent that is true and a bit soiled and dense so dense I lift
I gave way to Love and felt some marked change in psyche something difficult to speak about
This day, there is no ONE to beat your fist… No party, no tyrant, not even a faction—
I saw a man and his crumb snatcher… sprawled on the porch of their hom… it was painted a bright ocher with… small, modest, humble, clean, givi… A joy, in short.
Good Monad, In all bad news I see how strong we are. This life confusing,