Tag Archives: love
Just Another Mask
You were five fingers in and I thought if I let you go any further, I might become the nightmare he remembered, a crawl of fire ants and slit throats, the warm-skinned whore who couldn’t let him falter. You wanted … Continue reading
Love after Love
It starts in misery that shifts to blankness, to exhaustion, and then to acceptance. Then comes wonder, and then there is hope. A little hope. Then there is doubt, and next comes fear. Terror. It wraps its way around, from … Continue reading
Haven’t I Always
Promise you’ll remember the best of me, try hard to forget the rest of me, think of happy thoughts and let your mind breathe. Promise you’ll keep in mind the gladdest days, and leave behind the baddest days, think of … Continue reading
We who are about to date salute you
I once thought of his commonplace eyes as extraordinary. I once thought of his flatlipped mouth as beyond compare. I once thought of his useless hands as masterfully skilled. We teach ourselves to lie to ourselves. We reward outward masking … Continue reading
Streams Of Unconsciousness
So you can these precious remember remember in my peach TS always was the one on the bottom of the glass of Hemingway full of shotgun don’t I wish I was like Steve McQueen standing in my aunt’s dining room … Continue reading