Tagged: boys
you come in
you come in
late, and i pretend
to be one
of those girls
who peel
off, nice and
easy, leaving
no sticky
residue, no
need for extra
rubbing. i have
a jar of peanut
butter in one
hand, a cold
spoon in the
other, and enough
words to swallow
before the jig is up
.
20150311:0032
y
you can tell as early
you can tell as early
as eighteen months
the ones who will
develop that
Byronic ilk.
caught near
the beginning –
as luck would
have it – there
will be plenty
of opportunities
to polish that
mysterious past
for festering grief
.
20120606:0845
y
things that catch
things that catch
in the sun:
broken clouds
tilted chins
clear puddles
and boys who
are asked
to stand still
.
20110921:0043
y
y 