May 2019

who or what takes out the trash / for he
consumes neglect in three course meals / […]

You, in a hot pink tube dress.
You, with the ten thousand objectives.
You, whom I loved unreservedly. […]

I wait for a note
to float off the high
branch, to sing […]

This is how it was: an improvised knife
made from an old screwdriver. My brother throwing
rocks at anything that would make a sound on impact. […]

I want to turn over
my phone
like a stone […]

Black woman stay woke
stay up all night
can’t sleep […]