Jackson

My little brother lies dead in a box. He no longer exists. I believe in no soul. His tall thin body will rest with the rocks. I watch them lower it down the hole— I, our parents, and a hundred friends. The flowers are beautiful but they won’t last. Among the trees and the community’s… Read more

1990 Adam is walking, tentatively, but not to my outstretched hands. He is saying a few words, but my name’s not one of them. His smile is a green light, his voice is a windchime, but he’s always asleep when I call. I’m sending him a gift that his mother will like. 1991 Adam my… Read more

Bald is pinkish, minimal, contained, defined. Hairy is dark, lavish, uncontrolled, soft-edged. Bald wears steel-rimmed spectacles and adds up numbers. Hairy has reflector sunglasses and bellows songs. Bald enslaves his wife. Hairy trashes televisions. Bald crushes spiders. Hairy keeps snakes. Walled Bald wears flannel trousers. Lairy Hairy stretches lycra tights. Businesslike Bald has a mortgaged… Read more

The blue sea is. and the gulls. again. The beachline laps. Lap, lap; slap, lap. The boatlights. The full black sky. Night extant. The blue sea is. The formless null connects to all. The sand. The glimmerlit crystals. The boatlights. The full black sky. Night extant. The blue sea is. and the gulls. again. Read more

I couldn’t think with that selling blaring on. I wanted to build a thought construction. A shape I knew would last. A model to keep. But the brute football, Coca-Cola, cheap talk, stale drama Cast-plastic quick-fix trinkets Kept breaking in. I stood there, trying to beat it. Fighting hard. Steadying a portion of thought while… Read more

I am unbreakable. I am built of crystals of words and I am unshakable. I am made of modern metal and I am unbendable. I am sheathed in thin Teflon. Nothing sticks. You are broken. You were made of small twigs and now you are broken. You were struck and shattered. You are unmendable. You… Read more