running from the past
she looks
like me

plane bounces
home is
just within reach

kitchen laughter
the wedding band
falls down the drain

growing up
i watch the tree
split into two

top quarter champion

TOP half Chamption

bottom quarter champion

lights out
     close my eyes—
i’m on the couch

people I’ve hurt
the list outweighs
Jacob Marley’s chains

kids choose
the frog necklace
Happy Birthday Mom!

stock reports
i do it
for her

TOP half champion

CHAMPION

BOTTOM half champion

thirteen
sucks in her stomach
the mirror applauds

sky goes gray
into the basement
candles lit

sumo wrestler
carefully lifting
another challenger

they plop down
exhausted
jets soaring by

top quarter champion

BOTTOM half champion

bottom quarter champion

the crunch of an egg
blood and yolk
stain the fox’s teeth

dog daydreams of
frolicking
with all of his legs

a push of love
caught by death
the empty nest

boardwalk at dusk
you mimic
the honk of a goose