Poems

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  • ON EMPATHY

    Wary of the verb  “empathize”—together with its noun “empathy” and adjective
  • Tool & Die

    In the final unburdening, massive crates are moved
  • The Night Was Born

    This night was born in an old and dust-filled pantry, and yesterday’s – in the
  • To Say

    There are dead children all over and under this earth
  • Notnames at the Detroit Institute of the Arts and Hell Fuckin’ Yeah:  Smackdown vs. Raw

    At the Detroit Institute of the Arts the Caravaggio’s no
  • BIRD

    I lived between the hemisphere of songbirds and the hemisphere
  • A Brief Portfolio

    By then I was leaving,
  • Resumé

    Families shame you;
  • Communion

    Yes, I will take home the meeting bread,
  • Earthquake

    The voices of self are ended. A sepia
  • I’m Nothing

    close to a Zen scholar,
  • The Window Light, The Dead Boy Isn’t Dad & The Window Light Again

    Painting around the windowsill