M, P, I agree. It’s really hard. Everyone knows that in any situation, the first report is always wrong. Like … More
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Inscrutable, shakes-head
Same river, many wells … Decades ago, AK shocked me with: “Everyone grows up in a different family.” Our lives … More
Oh, sure, bio-dad. — Lucius, the well is deeper than I knew
Ma Never-send letter thoughts I put together. Even now the little girl causes stress Jaybird Not sure what your calls … More
Oh, sure, bio-dad. — such an unhapp of a child
Oh, sure, bio-dad. — such an unhapp of a child My-family Thanksgivings in Western Maryland: you toddler, crying folded like … More
One tries not to sound bitter
Son came sometimes sad Son made himself mad The son failed to flower every daylight hour One tries not to … More
Well-heeled hornets stillborn
All them well-heeled hornets w hummingbird legs and their stillborn eggs
Children that come without blame
The pretty brown-haired blue-eyed debutante in the walker: You could put it down to a skiing accident But it’s August … More
Children, take your places
Watching all the young Turks playing grownup in grownup clothes w grown up cigars & hats
Them high-heeled little girls
Them high-heeled little girls, sure, sure, their hope-chest hymens come high-five unhinged.
Them high-heeled
but the anus still between us, and also with us, father; the rectum pre-speculum the rosebud as yet un-rodded
Kerosene tits set to ignite
Them ladies w smiles peeled personal-trainer tight, kerosene tits set to ignite, their husbands a-strafe their bedroom superfund site
Like the little girl loved a horse
The woman in the Jim Dandy Bar, w her bloodstain of an eruption, of a fascinator, crisis, of a hat; … More
The man w the moth at his throat
The man w the moth at his throat
Hats that hang like crimes confessed
Birds-o-paradise from brownfields stagger on broken heels, wear hats that hang like crimes confessed, like sodden cigarettes, like tin-snipped ailerons, … More
Feathers from plenty war bonnets
We watch palsied pickpocket partridges pluck feathers from plenty war bonnets
The heifers in curls
The heifers in curls See always the dawn, Bolt-on Spray-on Turnbuckled their pearls
The colt-leggèd girls
The colt-leggèd girls, never see the dawn
The man w the moth in his mouth
The man w the moth in his mouth
The people, the watch, the whole enchilada
Bitter Porch Troll in the line for The Porch “Is this the reservation line?” “Do you have a reservation?” “No. … More
AirBnB, win some, lose some, leave a mark
It’s clear that the architectural rehab of 17 La Fayette Streetwas done with expertise and pride of work. The same cannot be … More
This is permanent, troubadour
Come the troubadour “ Your life together sure is gonna be rough “ Pray the troubadour: “ She dropped a … More
Them feral dogs, that feral daughter
So I adopted this Black Lab, Nickee. Looks for all the world like every other Black Lab– ‘cept for the … More
Nickee is a strong prey-drive
Nickee is a high-drive, strong prey drive Rescue Black Labrador Retriever, estimated at 2 years of age. I adopted her … More
My life as a pop-tart
she’s so fine there’s no telling where the money went “quit moving around or we’ll have to kill you (nurse … More
Remind me later how much this hurts now
The high thin clouds of memory persist blown like stirred like coffee dregs, stirred like gnats by a summer wind … More
We begged our children as bats, v0
We begged our children as batsTo eat the insects of our existenceTo eat the insects feasting our illnessesTo eat the … More
The poison wind
“This is not Las Marismas. No ships no boats no futures sail from here. The winds carry only poison, the … More
While at sea RICK gets letter from CLARE
While at sea RICK gets letter from CLARE (CLARE, in letter to RICK) CLARE Ricky, I’m writing to you from … More
Asturían miners’ lament
TIMOTEO Asturiàs is not Las Marismas. No ships, no boats, no futures sail from here. The winds billow nothing. They … More
Buckaroo Banzai and I
Army buddy Zoom-Zoom Mat’s’da ( pronounced mazda he swore ), he was aka “Buckaroo Banzai”, and me, “Doogie Howser, O/C”, … More
Annabelle at Austin, redux
Fred’neck “I’m easy << Neither of us is easy Mayfair “I knew you could have made that travel more cheaply … More
He became a walkin’, talking’ fragmentation grenade
once Highlander starts to sense you believe in him, he’ll do something to make you hate him … all in … More
Cuenta corta de los años Taco Bueneros en Téxas
EL GATOAbajo hay una cuenta poquito sobre nuestros días como hijos creciendo en Dallas. Yo las escribí después de oír … More