Author Archives: Catastrophe Jones
This is Just to Say
I condemn and disavow the violence in Charlottesville where a woman was murdered in the street and Nazis are unapologetic. Forgive me I am so nauseated to learn what we are. I hear the words of those who spread hate, … Continue reading
World-Destroying
Jesse’s face goes slack. He is four years old, and he has bashed his little thumb with his father’s hammer, banging tenpenny nails into the hood of his father’s car. When his father sees what he’s done, he picks the … Continue reading
Liminal Spaces
My lover dwells in the liminal spaces — the stretch of the shore where the tide touches sand; in doorways she dances, on path’s edge, she paces — and twilight’s the moment she’s ever at hand. She straddles horizons and … Continue reading
Once The Moon
Throw me a line; give me a clue, a bone, a wish, a star, a stick. A stick, give me a stick, a shield, anything, anything at all! I am not just drowning out here; I am drowning in rivers … Continue reading
Steps Forward
He watches the way her skirt twitches at her hips, long long legs and the sway of particolored curls. She’s a monster when she’s on something, when she’s got it in her teeth and she says I don’t have a … Continue reading