washer

Goodnight my love Remember me as you fall to sleep Fill your pockets with the dust and the memories That rises from the shoes on my feet I won't be back here Though we may meet again I know it's dark outside Don't be afraid Everytime I ever cried from fear Was just a mistake that I made Wash yourself in your tears And build your church On the strength of your faith Please Listen to me Don't let go Don't let this desperate moonlight leave me With your empty pillow Promise me the sun will rise again I too am tired now Embracing thoughts of tonight's dreamless sleep My head is empty My toes are warm I am safe from harm...

Monday, August 24, 2026

TWO KITTENS




I lay here dying, I really am this time,

I’m curling into the bones of my love,

and they’re warm with my warmth.


Where have you been, where did you go,

I’m calling out, I’m calling,


the sweet stench of death,

so much like you

and so much like vanilla. 


The cooing of a mourning dove,

the cooling of the morning fade.


The bitter pang of time crossing me,

looks me up and down

interrupts my slow swaying,

enjoying the flowers.


a hole through which God slings His spear

and pins me to the world.


So, now you’re gone. 


Our little house,

our little life, 

I’m not up to moving anymore,


I’m not doing the eating thing either, 

I lay here dying, I really am.


Wednesday, August 19, 2026

jesus son i and ii

 

i have anointed my hands in oil,

i have walked to you, i have walked to you. 

i have flattened these hands together 

and i have put these knees to the earth.


in my long toil across i witness

the star-blinding eyes of new lovers,

in my long toil across i witness

the stallion wild laughing of old friends. 


pigeon cooing across the balcony,

moon swirling across the darkened sky,

i see fish brim the emerald green ponds,


spring come slow and timid,

like a blushing bride's nervous stride.


xx 


because you love me and i love you,

you will find your path back to my realm.

enchanted forest, ivory tower.


and we are older than our years for your qualms,

and mine too but


i know so, God, i know so.






 




Wednesday, June 17, 2026

hanged man


she loves him. her days and the way of them are hung at his sleeves. her capacity to do anything at all rocks to his mood, his humor and any way they may twitch ripples into his treatment of her. small things, a goodbye that felt just a degree more indifferent or a meal that was just an angle more quiet.

he never was all that warm either. she didn't mind.

and she was always so sensitive, so easily affected.

it started getting bad again around september when she started cutting her meals in half, chewing at a slower pace.