Poem published: “Winding Down the Month of June”

My poem “Winding Down the Month of June” was published on Word Wizard. Click the link to check it out or read the poem here:

WINDING DOWN THE MONTH OF JUNE
Moonlight and strewn asunder
under watchful gaze of
lover’s eye.
Under-dressed and obvious.

Come to me. Crawl if you have to.

Don’t worry
I can see your face by light of the moon
under the window
where fireflies are passing.

So delicately placed
only sober now.
“Slower.”
Rolling over and over
beneath shields of sheets
and fleeting confessions.
“Don’t forget.”
“Will you remember?”

My ghost stands on the porch
and watches you leave forever
every morning.
I cannot keep myself together.

The summer will kill me.
The summer will leave me with nothing.

I’m so glad that I found you.

Poem: “America (the poem)”

America (the poem)
Home.
You’re feeling lonely
as you’re approaching,
hoping
unfamiliar shapes
will turn into faces
but your friends all have places
in states and
streets you never thought you’d see.

“Is Nat home?”
“He’s moved to New York City.”

Killer

Reblogged from Eunoia Review:

After she decided it would be far kinder for her sister to never be born, it was only a matter of planning. Luce sat on the highest level of the driveway's retaining wall and waited for Kathy to come home. Kathy Dahl kept no regular hours, making quick work of her children's plans, but for now Luce was happy to sit and wait, kicking pink sandals against the rain soaked limestone—by her count there were six months still, and to a ten-year-old six months is a lifetime.

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Here is my short story "Killer" as it apepars with Eunoia Review