We used to get drunk on apple cider, watch Fantastic Mr. Fox from the floor. Now, you call me drunk from Ybor; tell me you’re sorry for… Read more “You’re Supposed to Be My Lab Partner”
Spiders Don’t Write Poetry —
Originally posted on Meagan Kimberly:
A nice little piece with lovely images. By James Blevins “We’re here for only a short while,” Amy said out loud, sketch…
Spiders Don’t Write Poetry
By James Blevins “We’re here for only a short while,” Amy said out loud, sketch pad on lap, pencil poised over blank page. “Then it’s back to…
Marriage Is a Kind of Language; Therefore, So Is Being Alone
I once carried a word to you. Still packaged, and placed in your hand, I watched this word warm your very fingers, making soft the… Read more “Marriage Is a Kind of Language; Therefore, So Is Being Alone”
The Zenithal Hour
tilting my head to the Perseid shower—I see nothing neck supported by a chair cushion—so still—I see nothing the absence of it, the streaks abstaining as… Read more “The Zenithal Hour”
The Sound a Dying Car Battery Makes
your water was sacred left dripping the names, the music the medicine it seems our soundtrack was a car battery drained in the morning the manual we… Read more “The Sound a Dying Car Battery Makes”
Destructive Interference
earthquake soon in this cracked bedroom beneath my heels flee the cockroaches the color of smudged knuckles in the dark in the light, the agate colors of… Read more “Destructive Interference”
Sunshine State
skittish, that shy James face burning red reading of Anna Bolena Old Coppernosed Henry walking through floret beds Black Eyed Susan some rain (reminding him of a… Read more “Sunshine State”
I’m Still Here
Blood: the word for family in the lips of angels hot hot hot like Florida every summer voices got into a tangle, where we felt happy, now,… Read more “I’m Still Here”
Nihilist Lunchbreak
I expect nothing. Nothing expects blood. Is nourished with blood. Under her feet. My distended abdomen. The warped heel. The coming void. Pressing ever downward. Stepping on… Read more “Nihilist Lunchbreak”
