in that gray cloudlessness
between cyan and cornflower,
our words became ice, steel
wings barreling to
the edge of escape
(originally published in ‘the vacant hinge of a song‘, courtesy of Origami Poems)
tiny
Blizzard
wind like a taiko
along the crown of palm
I shiver with the window
(originally published in Vine Leaves Literary Journal, Issue #14)
Bonfires on the Outskirts
my mouth & cigarette smoke
like chewed lipstick.
faces clung with intertwined tongue
sweat, turtle. the lotioned hand.
grip now. hold.
(originally published in Vine Leaves Literary Journal – Issue #14)