Dear Mrs. Bland

Dear Mrs. Bland, Sometimes on my way from my mother’s house Or when I put the phone down after calling Or texting I wonder about you I worry as I wonder Mrs. Bland, now that white demons in blue suits Undid your baby’s body, Who runs to the store for you when you don’t feel…

I Mean it This Time (poem)

We worked so hard We had so many broken pieces All we wanted was to fit together All we wanted was to build something new Something solid Something beautiful Something freeing And I forgive you

Every Month

Every month I bleed Every month I hope I bleed Every month I hope I don’t bleed Every month I remember other months I bled Every month I remember I have less bleeding months ahead Every month I name the blood escaping me Runaway children Every month I panic if it’s late Every month I…

Autobiography (poem)

Lazy and dogged determination Bitch with a nice streak An intellectual of the most stupid kind A skinny fat A thick slim A simple girl who wants glamorous things A pretty lady with an ugly mustache A quiet one who wants to be heard The shrinking boisterous one Have you ever met a loudmouth who…

He’s not always like this (poem)

He’s not always like this y’know Not even on the same day Sometimes his calloused hands rub you the right way And the arms that hold you at such a distance open They feel like the safest place…..for now That low pitched bark in the back of his throat The one he saves for calling…