she decides something
has to change
the wind picks up

he skips rocks
waiting for something new
fireflies

Hide and Seek
cookie crumbs
lead me to you

the silky petals
of her delicate corsage
crushed

top quarter champion

TOP half Chamption

bottom quarter champion

my scalp itches
ideas scratching their way
out of my brain

scraping the snow
out the hair
she just styled

passing the quad
through the winter forest
of Narnia

snow ball on my window
the jaw
of a super hero

TOP half champion

CHAMPION

BOTTOM half champion

I'm a little teapot,
steamed up—
I'll burn you.

salt and vinegar
starts a fire
on my tongue

post-it notes cover
every surface
I just want to sleep

like milk
two days expired
my tainted heart

top quarter champion

BOTTOM half champion

bottom quarter champion

hoping recklessly,
she pushes past doubts
as the rooster crows

the world is mine
because . . .
I said so

the open road
makes me think
Who do I want to be?

not knowing how to get there
I’ll make it to
the other side