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Incriminating Evidence of the Former and the Latter
You again?
With your pigtails your smile
Is that really necessary
For you to be smiling
All the time?
Every time I see you
I look for something sad or damaged
darker than you let on
Besides the real color of your hair
which is as much a mystery to
me as you
Could it be you have no [...]

Will You Be My Madeleine?
Like a new pen
you are filled with promise
nothing yet
On the Record
only the perfection of irrational
imagination
Too soon you will be hazy
appear as a mind-screen
Double Feature
with the soft vanilla scent
of Junior High love
behind the disappointing discovery
of padded bras, misshapen breasts
and then–
the realization!
wondrous imperfections
outshine cold plastic models
of gym-health lectures
Or will you be even less?
another [...]

The Other Half of Me is You
You are not like a boat
but you sink me with the weight of words
the anchor of time
capsizing me before noon, most days
You are not like a bee
but your sting swells
the part of your violence, under my skin
the closer you get–
the noise from distracting to deafening
–the fucking noise
You are [...]

Staring at an Empty To Do List on a Glorious Autumn Morning
Outside of Los Alamos, New Mexico
Whatever happened to Oppenheimer
after the Atomic Bomb
Or Leo after Gisele
Where to now?
And should I even begin
again (Again?)
after you