It is 2011 and Reggie Bush is holding me. “Did you know I rushed for over 3,000 yards in college?” “No,” I say. “But I love you anyway.”...

Originally published in Roi Fainéant Press You seen them boys before? You know the ones, those three boys from the borough of Queens who...

Bristol Student Housing alone on the floor in the Bristol Student Housing rooms. a bus-ride from London – a weekend to visit a friend who...

mass for the dead Now that you've arrived here and you don't know that you died I silently lament the plea for mercy that justifies your...

6:00 am Now David’s alarm screeches. His arm instinctively shoots across the bedside table to silence it. Billy is curled up on the other...

Because Every Transformer Needs Hummingbirds in its Crotch: Redaction Poem on a Theme by Tony Hoagland (after Dean Young after Koss...

"Quintet: Poetry Suite" Bridge You are with me. Always. Like a strong beam of light, the torch seen at night. Always. Like a bridge...

Jake’s opening was in 14 days, and he still had five canvases to complete. Were the five he’d already finished any good? He couldn’t...

In my old bedroom, there was a mahogany bookcase-desk that my parents had pressed flush against the green eastern wall when we first...

Abbotts Creek After the rain we ran in the backwoods. Seven or so in the cold air burning. We put planks of wood over the wide creek...

The Rockaways October 2020 1. The Wake There's a glare on the double-paned glass, a shimmer on the waves beyond. Stinging your eyes as...

Before I could really talk about trauma or even put it into words, I made sculptures. I was also writing with words, but I felt the...

I. She passed by me on the bus. I looked up, and we caught each other’s eyes. She smiled at me. I knew her name, but we’ve never had a...

Camilla's Cry When I died, I had no pennies on my eyes So I used my body as a bargain for the trip Charon's embrace felt warm in the...

Fleshy Overhaul Suddenly I’m in a body that can be fixed into hundreds of different positions. I have four silicone limbs in a humanoid...

First Job Previously published in Over the Falls (Foothills Publishing, 2022) Cream Donut Box. Counter girl. Seventeen. In at 6am. Out at...

At the Manor House, Half Day’s Train from London Cold stone floors and cold tile walls. We stand by the stove and plan what to do that...

Try to imagine a bear. A bear woken too soon from hibernation because of some deep unknown pain. Maybe a broken heart? There–there’s the...

a memory scribbled on the back of an envelope that night clipping coupons by the light above the kitchen sink you listened to the...

Catastrophic Implosion He’s in God’s hands now. The kiss of his beloved on his cheek Grows warmer as he descends, And as pressure builds...

BRIEF ARTIST STATEMENT: Though interpretive narratives are left to the viewer's eye, some of these pieces depict partial, oblique, or...

Previously published in The Gay & Lesbian Review I was in love with museums before I even visited one. My parents had a small, battered,...

I Saw 10 Thousand Fireflies Today You wouldn't believe how many dragonflies I saw today. They came out with the sun and filled the field...

More than the night sky Misses the stars, And the wind misses Leaves to blow through. More than the beach Misses the retreating wave, And...