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Monthly Archives: March 2014

Green Sunday

in the heart of the heart of my head i found: mosscovered bones & jewelled monsters medicine jars & honey pots jellytumtum language an absolute thirst for sabotage your sister’s mostforgotten baby straw spun from gold my incisors in an icecube trap a hunger for miracles a hatful of chopchop poetry balloon letters & mirror […]

Those Summer Days

Those summer days were long and weary, but full of the plump expectations of rain and regret that seemed to always punctuate our time together. I remember strolling down the great, stone steps to the shore, your soft hand in mine, as we chatted about the nights we’d lost to alcohol and fireworks, our clothes […]

Mercury Rising

like an elephant i am with my face in my trunk & i’m digging through junk digging in the dirt i’m just trying to find all i left behind at the end of the beginning when i gave it all away shook hands with the devil in exchange for some brains i had mud on […]

Ragdoll

oh you devil you! the sunpuffed days of spring are here & we are all haloed & hallowed so– meet me by the rabbitpatch in your grabbity finest take my hand & kiss me underneath the velvet tree oh you sweet swift pixie you! with our heads on fire & our dancefilled pants let’s let […]

Bubblegumbo

vagabond vagabond oh velvet rush of flesh, flesh & bone, skin & bone kiss skin swimming starlight ocean rush of green, green velvet, green fuse, flash of green, green skin, green flesh, flesh is grass, green grass, green glass, skin is glass, ocean flesh, glass & bone, fish & grass, oceanic, wash of green, green […]

Monsters of the Id

From 3rd grade to 8th grade, I wrote, drew, and daydreamed lots and lots of comics. One character I created was Monster Man. (I’ve reproduced him here as best as I can remember him.) He was clearly inspired by the Hulk (a pretty prominent character for kids at the time), Forbidden Planet (a movie that […]