Writing
2026
Visions
Another day of doom prophesy,but my candle glows and warmsconfidently as the flame reaches upward,
THE SPIDER
It all started when I tried to drownthe spider. Or moments before, when I hearNana’s simmered…
THE DAY GIVEN
Breakfast finished, I ask mom what she wantsfor lunch. She assumes this is only out of…
Gluegun
Draining in bucket of othersMixed craftly, tirelessly with palms and lip-droolof your design, by my allowance
Winter Looks Familiar Until It Breaks You
At the hospital, the nurse paused my husband’s gurney at the kissing corner, where, drug-sleepy, he…
Old Stories
Have you heard the one about the woman who went hiking / running / walking /…
What They Left Behind
The day after the phone companyjackhammered the asphalton this neighborhood street,
peasant miasma
aches, stomachhead— screenstaring until terminal burnoutfantasizing about creativity seeking emotional highs…
drones
The amerikan poem readslike a nursery rhyme or perhapsthe disjointed inner monologue
Duped
money to the power of Qtook over the Templefailed stewards of the earth
Water is Life
lead contaminatedpipeline-pollutedguzzled by AI
Acceptance Speech for the Joy J. MacSee Award
Distinguished guests and trustees of the MacSee Foundation: First, let me extend my apologies for not…
To Secure a Share of Equanimity, Hide Behind a Skull
Death empowers others. — Elias CanettiThe rain comes down both sides of a camel, but only…
The Afterworld
A metaphysical music plays chess with Death. No one remembers their last move. Lost in thegreater…
Stuck in the Middle with You
I tried to explain to Charon all the good that Prometheus had done for humankind. But…