May
2021
THE STARS THAT BURN
The Stars that Burn I do not want your love It reeks of fear and desperation and I am not some needful thing I am never and none the cold black night, the stars that burn unfurled in all their glory I am not yours to hold
Apr
2021
Surrender
Sweet Surrender all i am is sweet surrender living at the mercy of your lips say i'm boulanger and you're bonnemain and i will follow you to belgium life is short and days are long and i worry we are dying say yes, say no, say anything at all but say we'll be together
Apr
2021
The Last Day in January
The Last Day in January it's snowing out my window on a cold winter day lafayette is playing the blues you thought of me and i was warm inside
Jul
2020
The Universe that Loves
The Universe that Loves When I was young and foolish I wanted to be a thing That people yearned to possess And being owned, made happy But now my hair is full of gray And I see the world for what it is If I am owned I am not free And I am better than a cage I am the universe that loves The wind that sings, the sea[...]
Jul
2020
Card Tricks in the Dark
CARD TRICKS IN THE DARK it feels like the world is ending but brandi carlile's playing in my dreams and you're standing in an airport with grass growing on your arms you said you liked my lips and twenty years fell away you're still sonnet 17 from how or when or where you might be the flamingo with the broken leg or the sun who counsels patience or you might[...]
Jul
2020
God of Brine
GOD OF BRINE a swelling from the deep; rising from an ancient berth and hope, emerald thing, bound in salt and sea—God of Brine—widow maker, friend to pagan men, brother to an ithacan wanderer who spurned worship; brought now from whispered, rotten realms, keeper of atlantis, graveyard, invincible monster, barrier, lover, giver of life; we offer up our bodies to your embrace, that you might feed your children as we[...]