I wrote little stories
without your permission
you as porch-mate
We held first
in a parking lot,
writing and
waiting with
distractions
required so often
when suddenly
I realize,
I need,
to tell you:
I'm a disaster,
get
away from me
An Effort to Savor the Climb from Nothing to Something
I wrote little stories
without your permission
you as porch-mate
We held first
in a parking lot,
writing and
waiting with
distractions
required so often
when suddenly
I realize,
I need,
to tell you:
I'm a disaster,
get
away from me
I'm starting to write more and it's gutting,
to be rebirthed with the things I've celled away,
like this globulous, wrenchwork concern
for humanity
with their late-night dismantling of light
from behind someone else's eyes
with a single percussive
slap