I miss holding the handle ofa dial phonetouching the invisibleconnectionthat will link me to you I miss lifting the phone handlethe (click noise)opens the line of connectionbetween youand meI place it on my cheekit hugs my facethen  I lean on itbalancing it betweenmy shoulderand face I missfinger-flipping throughmy memoryrunning forwardswhile going back in timefinding your ..read more

I wanted to buy you a pencilto sharpen your visiondrawing the obvioushighlighting the flawscircling the prosand taking note of the consand maybe rewrite everythingadd new things, underlinethe uniqueness anddating the dateimmortalizing momentsstretching them, planning themsummarizing them,turning them to bullet pointsexpanding on otherskeeping all thingsin your handsbecause at this momentyou’re a godin controlof the uncontrollablestorytelling the ..read more

I heard my tarot the other dayit felt like the universe is loopingbecause things read the same She’s not to blamethe cards fell out that waythere’s no shame From 10 of pentaclesto divine femininethese thought tentacleswrap around my thinking lines(enough rhyme… it’s not me)linking things that never made senseto cards and illustrationsembodying the imaginarythe over-thinking ..read more

I’m pretty sureyou read yourselfin my lines…and if you haven’twell,now you do I am pretty sureyou found yourselfsettlingbetween my lives lines, finding yourplace in the equationthat doesn’t really have a formulabecause 1+1= apples in my worldnothing makes sensejust your name does,your idea does…if it fits, it hitsand it hits hard You also probably found yourselfsitting ..read more

In that phasewhere comparisonflew out of the window In that phasewhere social detoxhit me like running trainleaving me limblesswithout the extendedarms of adviceof free favorsof putting them first In that phasewhere the drinkisn’t my go-tobut my pleasuretoo dangerous to over-doand too dangerous to control In that phasewhere I was walked-away fromand I walked away fromleaving ..read more

I found a notebookwith squiggly lineszig-zagsthe furthest from being aligned Then it hit mewhat if these linesare made for thosewhose storieswere never“aligned”? What ifour namesif they were to existon the same linewill break it, dueto the weight offorcing thingsto be balanced? line “snaps” in half What if ourschools of thoughtwere built withheavy granite blocksof lessons ..read more

I worked in adlandthat drowned me insightsand bigger-than-life ideasthat create a need thatno one actually needed.. They birth needsto a society full to the brimwith satisfactionbut the adrenalineis conceiving this needthis desire… this wantWe screw our way to an ideathat will “in our minds” changehuman behaviorand that, “we think” is our Oscaris our trophy Then ..read more

She kind of shows up randomlyeverywhere feels like she belongsbut only for a while She pops-upand lands safelywherever she’s thrownShe’s singleand ready to mingle– at least that’s what her mind force-feeds herto feel like she’s trendy enough to belongin a society that’s messy when it comes tochanging relationships to situation-shipsbecause God forbid she’s not polyamourousshe’s ..read more

Dearwriters, poets,fu$kers, lovers,losers, winners,victims of unrequited love,and those on the other end,      friends, ex-friends, new friends,      family, divorcees, newly-weds,mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers,motherless, fatherless, sisterless, brotherless,non-moms, singles, dating, broken hearteduncles, aunts, therapists, doctorsdog-owners, cat-owners, parrot-ownersanimal-owners, workers, nine to sixersone-night standers, friends with benefits,friends or benefits,friends and benefitscheaters, cheatees,     those in affairs, those ending it     depressed, addicts, anxious,crushes, secre ..read more

It’s been a while since I’ve writtenis it becausemy feelingsfound their peacefalling slightlylike leaves in autumnleft, rightleft, rightswirlingto settle on Earthto ground themselves? To feel steadyand calm afterthe swirling stormfilled with tornadoes of traumasruined the homeI called a sanctuaryand shat on the mindI sanctified across the years? To comply with gravityfor the first timeto fall ..read more