He knew right then, when he saw her enter the store, his life had just changed. He knew it was her before he could say he knew. Something in the room was different. She was the only woman he had ever met who could do… Read full post »

Love heals.

Lovers know this from the start,

Yet they may not know with certainty

What love is.

Not that it matters especially

When they find the magic within the power

Of unfolding lust,

Of redemption,

Of unmitigated joy.

There's a mutual recognition

In the eye… Read full post »

His ego bereft of consistency

Betrays a heart hungering for soul,

Unable to trust his will

Or harbor imaginary gods,

He finds relief melding into a role whose proven viability

Can give convincing cover

To buy him time to fabricate

An identity that seems to him unique,

Yet not… Read full post »

It started one evening, she was home all alone,

Adrift in the hot tub with a drink and her phone.

She wanted to party so she called a few friends

But nobody answered; she was now at loose ends.

So she fired a doobie and took her a hit,

Which lightened… Read full post »

It starts on the Fallopian Speedway:

To finish first a matter of life

When wiring that gains the winner's flag

Flaunts its triumphant attributes

On the victory lap.

Wait, there's more,

Perhaps.

Does the host participate?

Do her linkages search beyond mere pace

Or strength or seminal cunning… Read full post »

I wonder if they'll be there,

Near the place where you gave up the ghost.

I wonder as I drive the road you rode

To where I know I'll find the rubber remnants

Rubbed off tires locked by brakes

Your squeezing hands applied in desperate

Change of heart?… Read full post »

The news just now that you are dead

Sends thoughts careening through my head.

I feel relief yet sorrow, too;

Your talents triumphed in my stead.

But blame goes back a ways before;

Convenience we settled for.

And lived the lie for all those years

Until you entered through our… Read full post »