What made me want him? That supple, brutal kingsnake of a boy, wine-lipped and longhaired.
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Genie in Pieces
Father is the name for what guards the front door. The world outside is full of noise. A truck, a lawnmower, a dog, and then another.
Avenue
The doctor delivers the diagnosis. He tells Gulisa, ‘It could be worse.’
Diptych: The Bunch, Your Duck/Dog
One day, we came home from a walk in the woods and found something waiting for us. It wasn’t a this, or a that, or a they; it was a bunch.
Of Humankind
On a dirt street, in a one-room shack with a rain-tempered roof, lived a woman who sold sex to the workers of her district, and she did this because of all the ways one made money in the hard-mouthed world, this was the easiest for her.
Homecoming
We were always trying to get her attention. ‘Your mother is busy,’ said our father. ‘She is an important woman.’
In Which Hansel Is Gretel and Gretel Is Hansel
This hurts a lot, but it’s true. It is astral projection gone wrong.
Planting Petals
My sister puts petals back into the earth.
The Robe
Our father is a woodcutter driven to drink, and when he drinks he likes to talk.
Salamandrine, My Kid
The twittering machine lies in its crib, rehabilitating its connections.