Speculative

that our apartment unit B44
received thumbs up
meaning that we passed
the grueling,...

I am no stranger to the ground.
It greets me—
like an old friend,
with a harsh pat on...

In the quiet before dawn, —
I've measured life in coffee spoons,
tasted the bitter grounds of...

You're slowly or quickly losing Freedom...

We know the truth by now...

Right?

Today...

Maybe a pair of stray eyes
will alight on my post
might subsequently manifest destiny
...

We once scoped blue skies in wonder
To question all our lives unveiled:
We flew, we danced,...

For of love, that most hallowed flame,
which burns yet not consumes,
which illuminates yet...

The concrete walls,
The six minute showers,
The blocked up vents,
Time dragging for...

as one fairly long run on sentence
unwittingly made locally famous
courtesy residents here at...

I stand at the precipice of adulthood,
an unformed sculpture of hopes and fears.
The world...

(route 76) both heading into
(and a small number of hours later
exiting) center city...

At twelve, I discovered a world of quiet wonders,
With Dad by the lake, the dawn painted the sky in...

As the sun dipped below the horizon,
I began my long walk home.
The road stretched out before...

I'm not happy about the death of my enemy
I've failed as a human core,
Because I couldn't...

I come with emotional intelligence, far beyond the horizon.
I speak with words of eloquence, with...

The thing about my dad is,
He was an asshole
Except he wasn’t.
The only hole he was...

Bully me, yours truly
never ordained, gifted, or blessed
with mien mean characteristic...