Water Delivery

Water Delivery Oaxaca, February 13, 2025 12:30amI should clean up the freesias in that vase.The blos­soms are falling off the stems.They don’t smell as strong­ly this year as they did last year.But at least I have them. I searched in the mar­ket Sunday.There was only one woman with a few tat­tered bunch­es. No gar­de­nias this … 

Salt & Longing

Salt and Longingpansies, pen­sées, senses.thoughts— a bou­quet of violets,a vio­lence of violets.voile,voice, voic­es on my radio.radio waves, waves on the beach head,brain head. my bul­ly­ing brain car­ried off by the tidal bore.how many times will you accept­my ungen­er­ous impulse­to con­trol your voice. my unvoiced vowels.after frus­tra­tion, incoherence.incandescent syn­tax of fury.wrath: such a pret­ty word for … 

A Girl

A Girl A girl knows it is best, in the summer,to be out in the alley­be­fore morn­ing cof­fee­brings her mother’s griev­ancesin­to clear focus. A girl hides behind a camel­li­abush wait­ing breath­less­ly­for her best friend’s broth­er­who will lat­er­drop a spi­der down the back of her shirt. A girl can be bought off for two quar­ters and …