For so much of the year I was laid up with an inexplicable knee injury, followed by a cancer scare. I suffered choking anxiety and severe depression. It seemed like nothing was happening. Certainly nothing good.
Tag: Poetry
DIA DE MUERTOS
The Dead now make their pilgrimage Back to their homes, back to our side. I hear their laughter on the … More
PRAYER AGAINST THE BINARY
god bless the man in platform boots god bless the woman in a tux what does man or woman mean … More
AUGUST LAMENTATION
Lord it’s hot. The words won’t come. It hasn’t rained in weeks, Lord. O Lord have you forgotten us?Down here … More
Prayer Built of Words
God sometimes I forget your first languageisn’t English. Not Arabic nor Aramaic–those words you had to learn. We taught youhow … More
Fajr
I stand beside my window waiting for the call to prayer, waiting like a lover for a glimpse of the … More
PRAYER AGAINST TWO DIMENSIONS
I don’t want to be one of those people folded over a cell phone screen like a larva, sucking from … More
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 BECAUSE MY LIFE IS NOT A MEME
They say raise your fist, stand in your truth, speak it loud and clear but I can only kneel in … More
