11/16/2024

i still smell your perfume
long after
our embrace ends

a bellyache
that's gone on too long

perpendicular transitions

7/16/2024

the elephant man takes his stand
never mind the indiscreet stare
betwixt his fingers grains of sand
never mind false witness bear

some antiquity wrought with grief
to liberate the suffering
your penance paid, challenged belief
sanctity for the ushering

7/8/2024

it never could have been perfect
but it's as close to perfect
as it could ever be.

7/3/2024

there will always be a piece of myself
who lives in the past —
a small division of myself in every memory.