unmade bed
it's only going to be
messed up again

alarm clock
I get ready
to do the same thing I did yesterday

he blocks me on Instagram
I realize
it was inevitable

rejection after rejection
no one wants me
no one ever will

top quarter champion

TOP half Chamption

bottom quarter champion

periwinkle fairy dust
cradles the child
corrupt from birth

dirty feet
matted hair
the child naps on cobblestone

psych ward
piles of worn shoes
the veteran cannot unsee

my dead uncle
floating in the sea
i only know his name

TOP half champion

CHAMPION
 

BOTTOM half champion

the dog
waits for
never returning owner

mall pet shop
mom tells me the puppies die
within two months

coming home
to her cat bed
          empty

coming home
I don’t hear his bark
anymore

top quarter champion

BOTTOM half champion

bottom quarter champion

first day of kindergarten
mom flushed
my pet fish

spritely fly
escapes my wrath
for now

branded cattle
life will never be
their own

dead grandmother
no more
Christmas cards