The Mane
It fell from the sky, forged and heavy. We dragged it away and watched it for a thousand years. We rubbed our hands on it, and lived on top of it. Then it opened its eyes, and now we see it is alive. There’s a lion outside....
Warmest Colors
The same bloody sundae I had been serving was the forbidden fruit I sucked up with a straw. A strength aches with the first flash of exposure. Send your greatest warriors. The crest of mercy contains all the stars in the sky. Creation is the oldest of...
Rides At Sunset
I live in the lint trap, with cotton cake and candy crumbs. In the secret canyon of my darkness, beneath layers and waves and landfills of shadow, I have always found flashing fun. Popcorn and presents for everyone, and chocolate shakes. You tilt my world, and I...
We’re Getting Warmer
This is our corner of the world. It reflects my love for you. Water me and I will grow. Tread lightly on me with bare feet and I will breathe better. Talk to me and I will sing. I am the seas and the trees and the...
Guardian of the Underworld Makes No Assurances
Reach up and grasp the moon like a doorknob, turn and push. Sky says rain coming. Land says water going to wash everything away. Sun says everything going to be all right. Man get no say. Woman knows the way, and your directions were perfect: Two freeways,...
Ain’t No Hiding in the A.M.
You can hide anywhere but in the morning. I lose you at lunch. You seal yourself away in a siesta, and disappear at dusk. But your morning magic fells all my fences. A giant stowed the spirit of womanhood in your spring wreath. Do me a favor...
Only Once
Flowers whisper outside the hidden palace. And this is why Nintendo can be so useful: It prepares a boy for real life. Nothing is a coincidence when sunlight spills from within. Make peace with the beast. The most powerful weapon removes a man’s own armor. All guards...
Ogre at the Shore
Skeletons pretend to sleep in the branches. The ogre in your life won’t leave you alone. You hate him, and this is why he requires so much attention. For so long you have rested on the edge of this campfire, close enough to hear the splashing in...
Muscle
I am the weakest man in the universe. It’s not a title I ever aspired to. But we are what we are. And I am so weak a breeze might bust me in two. Have no sympathy. I would rather be no one else, and that’s because...
