Writing
2026
You see me now?
The line of cars outside the entrance to the Mukoshima Outlet Park and Gardens complex, a…
Meditations on Incarceration
WeedIn the joint, pinheadjoints cost tens dollars, helping
The Insomniac
Stretched out in the back of the busa woman twitches in her sleep,reminds me of a…
Hamlet in New York State
Clouds clot the sky, where they break, the retiring sunpulses through the firmamentdraped over the wounded…
Poem for the Collected Poems of Delmore Schwartz
You wobbling cantileverbetween the agesFitting into circles,
The Bailiff
“All rise!” the bailiff announced after he entered the rustic courtroom even though he was the…
My Melancholy Manifestos
My melancholy manifesto starts with a trick question. How does a man allow his identity to…
In Our Time
In this ignominious timeI have turned 70.The world is a sore.
Significance
The most important thing to know about prehistoric humans is thatthey were insignificant animals with no…
Pain
“On a scale of one to ten?” the doctor asks. Not good at estimating, I say…
It Is Important to Understand
Everyone you meet is suffering: heart breaks, body aches, …
My (Bleep) Like a Night-Blooming Cereus
this prolific southern semi-tropical plant whose petals beg a magic recall of flowers each year for…
Self-Indulgence
Let me pose a question. If you, by chance rode the cross-town train to the downtown…
The Coriolis Effect
My wife doesn’t laugh at my jokes anymore, and I’m not sure if that’s because they’re…
The End of the Week in Me
Dazzlingly authentic first thing in the morning,this nude scene is justified, if the curtains cannot censorNo…