I refuse you again, engulfing myself
in dangerous waters void of ocean life...

Fly from this earth,
that's what she crossed her fingers for...

Bathroom door locked, faucet on full blast...
blood spotting on arms, tissue paper wrapped...

Car rides between us are rare,
so this morning was a pleasant surprise...

The lonely bones of a realist
are trapped beneath emblems, analogies, and...

A delicate rose
collecting dust...

Nature's velvet crush
will shed illicit beauty...

He is the lowest, always
squeezing muscle for the...

Battlefields had become the fixed
distance ring between their heartbeats...

The frames of two-year-old roses and tulips
are kept laminated yet still they fade...

In the Mediterranean Sea, you are the second...
island; I contemplate your enigma while Sardinian...

Loneliness-
lukewarm milk dozing off at the bottom of my mug...