calling out to
my own echo...
a stranger

one month later
her name still
in my address book

unwanted
I feel the wind
caress my shoulder

i’ve never loved you
the sprinklers
whisper

top quarter champion

top half champion

bottom quarter champion

fear seeps
into my light—
babies born dead

laundry
only one
of my enemies

a goofy picture
before the tumor is removed
from dad’s brain

pretending the book
hides his addiction:
texting

top half champion

champion

bottom half champion

already late for school
I keep on
straightening my hair

playing with her silly bands
I can tell
she wants to be younger

touching his beard
to make sure
it’s still there

unending argument
finally
his touch

top quarter champion

bottom half champion

bottom quarter champion

a rainbow carp
imitates a woman;
mood ring

barefoot,
he walks on
her heart

firefly
in the stars
I think of her

in the moonshine
he sees her
true beauty

top champion

GRAND CHAMPION

bottom champion

snowball fight
in our pajamas
bad idea

christmas eve
under the priest’s tree
nothing

Christmas
the homeless man crosses
himself

top quarter champion

top half champion

bottom quarter champion

walking through the forrest
eating bark
and drinking sun

to grandma's
with a bucket of tomatoes
she gives me two

piles of grey clouds
hang over lofty boulders
clash of the titans

cock and bull story
my eyes roll
with the clouds

top half champion

champion

bottom half champion

rainy sunday
snuggling closer
in the pew

muggy sun
gathering for Bach
their child plays

airport
thousands of faces
looking for one

on top of my Porsche
a stranger cat
bathing in sun

top quarter champion

bottom half champion

bottom quarter champion

rolling down hill
autumn leaves
in her hair

climbing up
the roller coaster
sunrise beyond the handrails

rowing
oars in and out
of the mist

lying in the dark
a tree branch
scrapes his window