I don’t want to be one of those people folded over a cell phone screen like a larva, sucking from … More
Tag: poem
INVOCATION OF GOD AS WOMAN
God I cannot picture you with breasts and the dark triangular bush from which I emerged, along with all. I … More
CARNIVORE’S PRAYER
Heaven knows I’m not proud of being a meat-eater, but something in me growls and snorts and licks its jowls … More
PRAYER AGAINST BEING AN ASSHOLE
O father help me not to stare, wide-eyed, when my brother falls. Help me not to sniff his breath for … More
Prayer Against Materialism
What is a psalm a poem a prayer
if not a Wall Street ticker tape
our fear spelled out in numbers
NOTRE DAME
I.We had only one day in Paris, pilgrim-starved and threadbare, broke we’d walked to the tomb of a saint, from … More
Where I’m From
Everywhere else it’s just Tuesday—but where I’m from people are dancing, people are high-stepping in the streets because where I’m … More
