Doppleganger

Doppleganger

I lived in a valley. I live in a valley. The sun sets on one side and rises terrifying On the other The mirror shimmers that shaky reflection Back to me Trembling in the predictable gusts of wind On the surface of the stream   She stares with hollow, black eyes...
The Second Fool

The Second Fool

Death Dialogues #4 Second Fool: “Who builds stronger than a mason, a shipwright, or a carpenter?” First Fool: “…a gravemaker: the houses that he makes last till doomsday.” from from Hamlet I sat on the floor across from the vet who had just put down our 12-year-old,...
Recapitulation

Recapitulation

Our moon lived on that corner where some words burned a hole in the sky with their endless requests for blond haired boys mouthing sounds of brass and reed very young and very old forever second guessing wayward Venus and something I don’t know the name of...