My Daddy is a Gargoyle

After Reading the Diaries of a Poet; Altar; Origins; Landslide in Ken’s Pub and Pizza

unsent nudes; toward sweetness; CLOUD CRUSH; perfect bod; ACCRETION, TEXTURE, DENSITY

Postcard from a Dream; The Last Nursery Rhyme; Autumnal; Pulp

SEX SCENE; SLOW MONTH

I miss them when they’re gone; Brown Suit, Silver Lake; My thick thighs, as lovers; The last time you visited me; Another ghost poem; A place bought in heaven

Are You Here to Listen; A Bird Perches on My Ribs; Transformed by Mud; On Being Called Faggot at the Family Function; Poet Blueprint

Overheard in a Box of Conversation Hearts; Dog Paw; On Little Cat Feet

Things I Don’t Want to Forget About the Kids; Co-Counselors; Kiara plays a leaf

Frank Serpico; Alanis; Janis

Daffodils pt. II; I insist; Death Oracle; Lilith; It’s like; Libra

total rhubarb; high in the lemony pines; tales of near death; cactus daddy 

Clean Cups; Self-destructive: just a taste

Clown Hours 24/7

Gunga. Gunga Ga Lunga; My Superpower is Waking Up at 3am and Not Falling Back Asleep No Matter What I Do; A History of the People Who’ve Shaped Me, Even When They Weren’t Trying to Shape Me; Nuance Near Mount Rainier, Washington, 1947

Five Foot Eight; Anatomy Lab, Med I; Hot Tips to Prove You Were Abused; You Really Think You Know It; World Wide Web of Women; Even Your Excel Graphs are Misguided

this is an Ode; I Am Seven Years Old

Worst pet ever

midnight snack; On Writing; I title this “late spring melancholy” ⇒ this is a haiku; Last week, I was worried my lungs couldn’t handle the propofol, I’d been vaping too much glycol. Today

Aromas; How to Eat Soup So People Leave You