Poetry

Dust Sheets (2025)

This afternoon I thought about teaching you to paint

The dust sheets flew in the wind

And upon the nettles danced sharp cracks of white plaster

Blue shadows pooled out across the lawn

And I think I loved you

 

Texts From You (2025)

At each corner we watch

as the chickens strut around in circles

They peck at letters that make no sense

B

Y

E

We roll our eyes and wait for the signal

And I can’t decide whether to just

Delivered 19:02

or against my better judgment

Call

and feel my cheeks flush when inevitably

You don’t answer

H

E

Y

Letters pecked in sequence

We sigh collectively with relief

Seen 19:05