i sat by a river or an ocean or a lake and i whispered to the eels around my ankles words of longing that could just as easily have been...

the slick and razor edges of the roaring sea cut cracked and burned skin. this body was heavy and weak the muscles tired and worn; i...

When they told me to act like a lady When I was angry I sewed her aphorism into my skirt hem And pulled her stockings over mine To guard...

I felt like hammered shit. Last night had left internal tattoos all through my body. Too much whiskey and too much smoke left me feeling...

Jansen crouched low, his body hidden by the corn stalks. The air was still beneath the leaden November sky. He pushed his chilblained...

I am so many things that I often forget So much beauty I that I often miss It is sad truly How I only see the beauty In everyone but me...

My grandmother was what you would call a full woman – hands as salt pillars pummeling in to a pastry that would always curl in the same...

You asked me if I liked Van Gogh. “What?” My eyebrows rose. “The Irises,” you said, motioning to the purple flowers sifting down the...

There are fireflies here Spaced like twinkle lights Stationary truths Of gods gone dim And bright again Here we make time Spinning...

Day breaks on this lurid temptress who embodies the world’s soul. She breathes fire mist onto his loins and he is captured in her web....

In order to get to high school, a decrepit-double decker bus would be mounted from the only village bus stop. The bus stop had one seat...

You sit alone with your hard seltzer and your phone, scrolling and scrolling. Who can you rage at today on the internet? It’s your...