Hymn for Beseeching

With Desperation     My faith is a mauled tumbleweed not even buckshot could untangle. The gaps,     where I curl like a question. Marking my veneration with clumsy tongue stumbles     over verses I once had...

Dysmorphia

The only reason I know my body   is real are the bruises. Raspberry covered, pools of blood, scales along linoleum scraped knees. I slam into open cupboard doors just to acquaint myself with the plywood edges of my limbs. In a past life, perhaps I was a lake...

Veils

On the day we move in,   clouds interrupt     our view of what transitions   into space.     The whisped water a thin sheet between us.   That is how     close we are to...