I have the receipt for my dad’s first guitar, a Yamaha acoustic he bought in September of 1965 which means it was the gift he gave to...

A pale face from my past orders a whiskey and coke. His crooked grin gritting ice as his callused fingertips crawl up my femur. With a...

notes on womanhood (abridged) liminal space 1. the place a person is in during a transitional period 2. empty or abandoned places that...

THE FAVORITE my mother and I argue whether the burger is raw. she was hospitalized from...

what it feels like to drown I. it is slow, the cold settles into bones unused to the weight of water lodged in socks and coat pockets you...

I don’t believe in wishes and yet I find myself wishing I could hear echos of your thoughts across sunsets and beneath words spoken for...

I see you in impossible saturation and at an incredible distance. I’m a perennial being holding onto an annual bloom — you’re perfectly...

You nearly spew lemon vodka but rough peels wedge your throat. You use that as an excuse for the tears when the strobe lights neon your...

Take the flowers from the ground to weave into a wedding crown. Don the finest gown you own. Wander from the house alone. Into the night...

I didn’t realize how many feelings Were left unfelt while you were gone Until I was in your arms again Smiling into your lips and feeling...

I’m as sentimental as I’ve been. You’re my friend. I’m tired of waiting— For happiness. For what others take for granted. For the world...

Leaves that flew away from our hands crumble in my mind like sand. Smiles and twirls of the curls in your hair turn dark and grey the...