She fills the frame, picture and mirror, her hips broad and round. A full belly and wide back. A soft body-- no sharpness in silhouette. She is too big. She has a pretty face, she’s told-- she learned-- it’s such a shame her pretty face does not match her body. She could be beautiful, desirable, … Continue reading A Fitting Title
You sit in sweltering Georgia heat, mosquitos drinking from salted skin. Another glass of sweet iced tea, fingered with Jack Daniel’s sour mash whiskey, sweats in your hand. The moon dips below the lip of your rented wrap-around porch and throws pale light on your rocking chair. Soon, when the warm liquor has curled in … Continue reading To Savannah, With Love
A skull lurks between warped mirros and revolving doors, hissing breath of dry ice pools around my ankles. Fear multiplies around me and in my eyes race across the blood splattered reflections of lost wandering souls searching for the safety of strong arms wrap around my heart trembles and laughs behind me in the purple darkness … Continue reading The Fun House
Typewriter Moon 