we are two trees,
you and I,
we sit next to each
other, not looking…
Category Archive: Sonnet
don’t light the fire,
if we bake the clay,
we can’t adjust
the margins or the words…
here’s to the crick in your neck,
here’s to the knot in your stomach
you don’t remember tying,
here’s to the flutter in your veins…
When you laughed,
and I flinched,
that was the moment,
I didn’t want to believe, …
you remind me
of the good things
the stuff I’ve done right
the people who care…
A pulley is a simple machine
with a simple name
One pulls on the rope,
and the other end
follows, with a slight detour
in the upward direction…
when I sleep
all night
on the couch
I don’t reorient
myself
according to the duality
of spaces
in my apartment…
You question
the french fries
You question
the scented hand soap
You question….
the Thought appears
like a demon, red eyes glowing
in the night, you hold a pillow
over its face to stifle it–…
the devil took a look
said no way
Mephistopheles
shook his head
not this year, dear
where….
