dancing hip to hip loud
music between barriers we
set to bear how we have
nothing only bags of ice
only names holy in other
tongues & here unrevered
just the music of a name
o brothers I waited so
long to arrive but here
you were already.
(originally published in White Wall Review, Spring 2023)
after inflatables
and Friday night I went to the House
after making fun of King
Kong with the brothers
Dance Marathon we first talked
then went to Pizza King with Dabs
accepted oxygen in my water as trees
dead napkins we returned to Constitution
played sober via HORSE
with bottle and recycle bin
earlier I helped Gary with the Poker Mixer
it was either the cheesy bread
or Gatorade that got me
we went to Walgreen’s for beef jerky
along the way we stopped at Sara’s for Orloff
at Fisher’s for refried beans
(originally published in Literary Forest, Fall 2022)