we can touch touch our girl cheeks and we can hold hands like paper dolls we can try try eachother on in the privacy within new york city’s walls we can kiss kiss goodnight and we can go home wondering what would it be like if if I did not have a boyfriend we could […]
hello it’s me I’m returning your call it’s monday wednesday friday between noon and three he says I usually just let the phone ring but I’ve always got a minute of time for the next big thing and I wonder how can he see where he’s going with those dollar signs in front of his […]
she was shaking and talking louder and louder each sentence was sifted to a very fine powder her face was wet and tight her grip was cold and light a strong wind could blow you down I heard myself say word up sister a strong wind could take me away I said how long have […]
she says forget what you have to do pretend there is nothing outside this room and like an idea she came to me but she came too late or maybe too soon I said please try not to love me close your eyes, I’m turning on the light you know I have no vacancy and […]
She says my ass hurts when I sit down she says my feet hurt from just standing around I think my body is as restless as my mind and I don’t know if I can roll with it this time packed his uniforms and drove him to the base she was crying all the way […]
tending the garden of noise when I grow the traffic and the churchbells and the neighborhood boys singing to myself as the solitude sets in in tune with the symphony of south brooklyn I sing rockabye, rockabye baby rockabye, the baby that is me rockabye, rockabye baby rockabye til I’m fast asleep the tunnel is […]
death has been your lover he has brought you the edges of your life and now you are looking over and all we can say is it’s gonna be all right and I am looking forward to looking back on these days when on every corner someone holds a sign that says I’m homeless I’m […]
In a forest of stone underneath the corporate canopy where the sun rarely filters down the ground is not so soft not so soft they build buildings to house people making money or they build buildings to make money off of housing people it’s true like a lot of things are true I am foraging […]
I’m gonna turn and walk away you can wait til I am far along then run and come and catch my arm and say you’d die if I were gone I want to hear you call my name it’s too easy just to say it soft I don’t like my language watered down I don’t […]
I am looking for the holes the holes in your jeans because I want to know are they worn out in the seat or are they worn out in the knees there are so many ways to wear what we’ve got before it’s gone to make use of what is there I don’t wear anything […]
