My coffee may be a little more bitter
(sugar withheld for health and weight...

For years I’ve espoused the message
from Gautama Buddha’s life...

You huddle in grief from the pain
and I wish that I could say all of it was due...

It is to the point
that desirable leaders...

Mardi Gras
The floats rumble...

She comes in the door her chores to resume
puts parcels down and removes her hijab...

For 15 years each time they made love
she’d take hot water and a washcloth...

Surrounded by refugees a boy sits
cutting diamond wings from Mylar...

Cheeks of the devil’s own angel
smile like chubby rosy buns...

Nihilism used to
plague me until I found out...

Rain mists onto a moonlit asphalt path
twisting through silhouetted trunks...

The Idolatry of War
(or, the common burden...