4.13.25

you idiot

stop watching true crime b4 bed

i tell myself this 

then do it 

again 

i have bad dreams either way 

what's so compelling? 

seeing 

the good people who got offed

avenged? the forensics? 

no. it's reliving my narrow escape

my living nightmare

like i was the one

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published

 Yesterday I got the good word that another story of mine was accepted for publication in the Meniscus Literary Journal of Australia. this is the 3rd little neurotic bundle of emotion ive gotten published this year and I feel I am just getting started with short story form. https://duotrope.com/magazine/meniscus-literary-journal-16726 

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relentless

when i turn the lights down i let life glitter and fade like the tail end of a comet. the lungs fill up. a lonely dog howls. the words turn into images and bridge to another life. when I dream it's relentless.

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4.8.25

you need

not be 

scared of 

death 

yes you may 

miss your 

tired body 

when we 

return to 

the great 

beyond 

which is very 

very much 

well and 

a thrill like 

coming 

home 

after long 

time 

away

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4.4.2025

here is a novel I wrote a few years ago. I am super proud of it. the highest marks aka reviews of all my 7 publications. tale of survival. it is creative nonfiction. dual narrators face dangerous urban characters ...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42799793-ame-and-the-tangy-energetic

distance between us

the distance 

between you and me 

i cannot live without it anymore 

you cannot walk up on 

a rattlesnake 

we tried but where 

what we once had was 

back when i was a kid 

only a shadow 

remains

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euphoria

the cobalt eyeliner

silver shadow 

each tendril of lash 

cocooned in 

mascara 

we have no euphoria 

concealer

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speaking of euphoria ... I just found out a story of mine was accepted by Cabrillo for the upcoming summer issue ... https://www.cabrillo.edu/journal-x/