The Marriage of My Return

by | Jul 18, 2014 | Writing

If I walk up the street, back from Kum-n-Go to get an Icee with Mountain Dew & cherry mixed, I can see all the getter bug traffic buzzing in the backyard. I decide to make the block, strolling ever-so-casually so as not to attract the police and the Black knights...

Things I Didn’t Know I Loved

by | Jul 14, 2014 | Writing

I didn’t know I loved the birds soaring through the sky. I didn’t know I loved the smell of the rain or fresh cut grass. I didn’t know I loved the way my mom looks at me or the smell of her perfume. I know I can’t turn back the clock, but I...

I Am From

by | Jul 14, 2014 | Writing

I am from a woman who loved a man. I am from a man who wanted a girl, who did not live to see that girl turn three months old. I am from alcohol. I am from running while my mother picked up the closest thing to her, no matter what it was, to throw. I am from confusion...