The Dowager’s Historical Temperament
All the kindness I ever had
choked out of men’s pens.
2 a.m. Text to an Ex
You are unforgettable cause you listened;
I am indelible cause I have a voice.
Daring
exists because once
I had thought life could not be worse.
“!”
Strewn crutches in emails so I seem nicer,
smaller — begging to be heard at all cost.
I Am Love
How much I’ve accepted as my lot,
long dragged in the I-Do’s, I don’t even realize.
I Am Ashes
To live is to be socialized, burnt white,
the remainder of my skin rises in rancor.
Teresa, a Mother I Never Needed
For Jen Yu
I didn’t have a child cause I knew I was a cunt—
You didn’t cause you couldn’t stand being called one too.
To Love is To Pine
For the Anthonies
Please leave in the morning
so I can fill the rest of you in
Under All The News
A careless gust, I fear, will blow me away,
but look, my feet, still desperately on the ground.
Can We Talk?
He’d be nicer
if he’d been raped.
He Who Unconditionally Loves
Loves animals because none of them
can talk back.
The Perfectly Made Bed
I don’t want to mess it up—
It looks so good with neither of us in it..
My Black Hair Is a Peasant Crown
Was given by my mother—they grow like weeds,
like, if you cut us, we’ll grow the fuck back up.
Match.com Profile
I am too sad to be happy on my own
I am too happy to be sad with someone else
Atheist
I love you knowing we won’t meet again—
cleansed of pasts and faults—I love sans god.
My Tangible Life With The Editorial You
I let you think that this is about you
just like the time I said I do
Using Zombies as a Metaphor
The child who thought he’d live forever
and the man whose memories won’t die
Love Note: Dear Wife (Last I Will Have)
When love, fed up, starts packing up its suitcase,
will you bury it, bury it, bury it.
Love Note: Dear Husband (First I Had)
I had no talent for being a whore;
it’s god’s fault that I am stuck with you.
To Hang a Burnt Frame on an Empty Wall
I keep painting pictures without men.
And gone with all the bombs - the flame.