center of the world whose birthpangs never end, dusty streets and chimes that know no peace, save what’s left from hope: you are a city of too many walls, a rat’s maze for cheese no longer there, yet still rank with violence. oh my gods of this world, or a god of another, bring to […]
Bill Placher
a monument to humility, he’d lean back against the chalkboard, always to dirty his cordoruy blazer unknowingly, and with a deep interest, he’d posit a one-word response, beckoning more out of us, students – no – friends, a casual chat in the classroom – no – the living room, as it were, our scarlet house, […]
Hey Diddle Daddle
the man in the moon, awake in his cradle had lost all his friends, save the dish and the ladle, while the little ole’ pup was a-struttin’ to-and-fro, and the cat with the fiddle played a tune for the show. though, the man in the moon who had diddled back-and-forth, had his eye on a […]
Nashville VI
quiet lights about the city, twilight till she goes to sleep, one-by-one, they dim in pity, as all good people count their sheep. stars might mingle with the metal, the towers lost within the sky, nighttime Nashville starts to settle, but as for me, I question why. the pacing of the sun and moon, a […]
Nashville V
oh Nashville, Athena’s wrath teases you, like some game with mortal lives is all it is to goddesses, no matter how tall your glory stands in steel and glass, I, too, cast lots with lies, while winds still blow down from Olympus and chill us straight to the bone, do not let this heart harden […]
Pinocchio
I walked my sins around the block and ran into Pinocchio, and we had ourselves a little chat about all the things Geppetto fucked up. He said he wanted to be a real boy, and his nose grew a little, and I wished I could be wood, but if I were, my nose would’ve grown […]
Satiate
I wanna eat with you, fancy dinners, enlightened dining halls. I know there’s some logic to what you’ve said. And every mountain you’ve placed before me, I haven’t climbed well. I haven’t used the bones that lay there inside me; I’ve had a scrawny body. And I’ve been quite out of shape. I refused the […]
Nashville IV
lonely little city with your one tower too tall, how’d you manage that? God didn’t forget about Babel, but he forgot about You, or maybe not. I mean, we think we got these tricky translations all down pit-pat, but listen to that sound of all the jabberwocky, like some back-and-forth noise that makes plenty of […]
Nashville III
careful. baskets made of reed don’t float like they used to, and no matter how tall that grass may be, you can’t hide the truth from a baby born to ask questions. lay low, Miriam. lay low and wonder what you’ve done and what was fair. and how long you can hold that secret in, […]
Sacrifice
and love is giving up all your dreams to help someone through a nightmare.
