my strange claw-footedsovereign of the attic landing glass laying openyour filigree ribcage  a deco display casequiet as a casket protecting the proxies of people I’ve loved  an incomplete tea-seta coronation mug…

In a late spring rain, the monk made his way along the covered stone path. Glancing out toward the garden where lay brothers were setting out new plants, undeterred by…

I dance through sleep while others dream the stars on their distant throneare nothing to me there will be no more stained glassno incantations I dance through griefwhile others mourn my…

You are so weird was the most loving thing my mother said and you speak Spanish that sounds like Armenian  but her arms were smooth and smelled like bread and she would let me write on her…

The fog’s incandescent glow at full moon,creates shapeshifters from shadows,like a blind man, the smells and sounds,become more effusive than ever. The drip, drop cadence of the bobbing vessels,portray the…

Prepare to be taken on a journey to somewhen! The Red ShoesKatie Jenkins The cabinetKatie Jenkins The CobblerJay Bechtol Recumbent PudicaJ.L. Lapinel Any MeasureJ.L. Lapinel Dating Tips and TricksTim Peterson…

What is sleep,but the hard reset,of the mind.The brain changes configuration,releasing toxins,dispensing cookies. Repairing the damage,from cortisol-induced stresses,reducing sharp edges among the folds,Bringing to question,whether names can’t hurt you,as physical…

If you knew Raymond, you’d think a bookstore would be the perfect place for him to meet a woman. Ideally, a nerdy pretty woman in a whimsical hat sipping a…

     i.            The sound of the Waves of EnvyLocks the gate to Life.Strand us on Styx’s shoresAll eternity to look upon the living mingle:The open air of joys forsworn forThe odes of…

She’s smiling      the woman whose husband      will shortly have her murdered           whose thimble, whose sheets      whose husband’s flesh           will soon be warmed           by a more obliging body      with a lot…