“she is still alive, in the eating and breathing sense”

“a very small space between their two bodies”

“{808}{snare}{cello}
{808}{snare}poetry can deliver a counterpoint”

“watching me naked, completely exposed, on my knees”

Today, spirituality is a hot-button topic…

“…based on the appetite of my ears and brain.”

“to them, if I am not a Good Negro, I deserve anything that happens”

“My stories are meant to provoke questioning…rather than provide neat answers.”

“The shaky ache of holding a lie back because which is worse?”

“And after, we drink”

“my fear of getting shot outweighed my curiosity.”

“I fucking reject the word terrorist!”

“Without gamble, challenge, elation…”

“Phil is dead, they found him hanging”

“I take my shirt off because babes, obviously, babes everywhere”

“Tonight, here, poems have raised their oars to the sky”

“A teen stripper amputee emerges from the curtains with a pasty on the end of her “nub””

“Slut means anyone, any woman who someone wants to shame”

“I will not completely conquer this pain in my lifetime, but I will fight”

““Keep an eye out,” Cliff advised. “There have been recent sightings around here.””