“and then suffocating together in one mass sleep”

“they hurt each other, are hurt, and don’t heal in a straight arc”

Radiant street life in the land of prayers…

“it was like trying to push a pancake through a chain link fence”

Summer beer shotgunning!

“Did I want to pack hard or soft? Silicone?”

“I kept a fork in my
bag. I kept keys between my
fingers.”

“make pretend ashes out of burned photographs of him”

“…hung out on a stone wall until ice formed on their skin”

“Standing in the cold. Seeing his family as a stranger would.”

“we are all of us, once we’ve drawn first breath, dying”

“physically ill for the absolute hopeless stupidity of human beings”

“If I get on top and put it in just eleven times”

“What about free speech? MY story?!”

“Replace my body in your bed
with a bag of bruised plums,

dripping.”

Sidewalk smokes and subway kisses

“Yesterday, I wasn’t sure I could be your mom anymore”

Valentine’s chili

Collage = Freedom of Thought

“hiss and wheeze then silent for four years until”