The Girl Wants a Ring

The Girl Wants a Ring

the girl wants a ring Tuesday afternoon at 2:42 pm her favorite shop that sells the cheap, glittery rings made from metal that turns green on the finger is closed for some unknown reason perhaps the pounding rain the girl wants a ring she came home from school that...
Navratri

Navratri

weeping wailing retching shitting black sewage white poison brown gelatin from the canned cat food a hand on my back a hand on my brow my god my goddess I break I scatter my dreams burn my skin my hopes explode in my face my fears are too dreadful to inhabit if I...
The Lama Washes Dishes

The Lama Washes Dishes

the lama washes dishes at least she did at my house or was it hers? white plates silver pots and lots of plastic containers with lids piled high on the wooden drainboard she wore her robes deep maroon offset with an ivory border I don’t know how her sleeves...
The Great Hum-Making Orange Tara

The Great Hum-Making Orange Tara

This morning I found a Force Field around my heart Pushing away all that I long for, all that is good, all that is Love (or so I thought) Along with the broken bones from the sewer I asked it, “Why? Why would you do that, and leave me here without Love or dignity,...
Bow Down to No One

Bow Down to No One

I sit in stillness cross-legged in the dirt at the base of the fiery mountain Are the gods pleasantly smiling or in a fury today? Scalding sunlight sears the surface of the innocent green leaves ah yes, an eruption is brewing… Terrified mothers clutch their teething...