swimming shorts (i)

12 y.o. girls
wear board shorts
at the public pool
to cover errant hairs
that don't appear
on the inner thighs
of the women on t.v.

let the self
consciousness begin.

the jaded optimist

subscribed to blue skies
but that didn't work out

pouring over a glass of wine he writes love letters
that were never meant to be sent

patio philosophy

a collaboration w/ dw & brahma on their day off

chairs and rules are meant to be broken
kissing and bedframes, superfluous.

bruschetta

in a lineup w/ a
lover at the supermarket
we realize that
angry white men are tiresome
arguing over the price of
tomatoes--inflation his
only interaction of his day
he blows it
and she smiles at me
grips my hand real tight
pats my lower back and calls me her baby