1

jump rope contest
my feet land
in the nurse’s office

2

indoor recess
a paper fortune teller
says I’ll die alone

3

my stomach grumbles
i choose
one last lap

4

spitting sunflower seeds
just to watch
your lips part

5

two roads diverged
out of a cement cul de sac

6

the shooting
a young woman
holds her baby tighter

7

i put on
a smiling face
a mask

8

snowshoe prints
dot the frozen lake
three missed calls

9

the horse gallops
how can it be
truly happy

10

turn around
glass raindrops
gleam the acne scars

11

building a snowman
with my sibling
a snowball in the face

12

summer breeze
soccer ball
flies into the net

13

lingering feelings
I hate knowing
your favorite color

14

dangling earrings
swing
when you call her name

15

. . . 1 2 3
run for your life
as the IT counts

16

don’t get caught
hop the walls
for 50 cents

17

clothes & jewelry
my friends
brainwashed

18

her tight hug
reminds me
I am enough

19

rainfall
red umbrella
slippery shopping cart

20

a sidewalk with
flowers
carefully arranged

21

as a kid
you wonder
how you are today

22

an empty gym
one ball
bouncing alone

23

our tracks in the snow
we run
and others still know

24

melting snow
holes in my shoes
hot cocoa

25

perfect lighting
glitter in her hair
going grey

26

lights dim
books are stacked
against me

27

brown shoes
black belt
those don’t go together

28

please
cant I just
spend the day by the pond

29

spinning carelessly
around the fire
indifferent to the monkeys

30

your girlfriend’s friend
perhaps—
that will be on my grave

31

Christmas eve
death on the linoleum floor
my first dog

32

searching for perfection 
grasping it for 
a skipping goodbye

33

stickers 
friendly play 
not friendly stickers 

34

darkness descends
the pendulum swings
signaling it is time

35

old friends gather
lightning strikes
as cupids’ arrow

36

trapeze walker
lining up her feet
on the railroad tracks

37

doggy footprint
engraved on a stone
her little empty bed

38

family recipe
disaster
Pizza delivery!

39

off in the distance
the oasis!
a single porta-potty

40

uncontrollable heart rate
breathe
           just relax

           idle

41

fog
keeping secrets
just like me

42

why sleep
when you can be awake
door slams
painting falls