Jackson

cross the abyss, make it nothing take my heart and paint it take my namelessness        my namelessness and carve your mark in it give this rough wood your,        spread on it the damask perfection of your careful words show this mockup an example of your expensive feathers give this metal-thief your,        all… Read more

In the place of the fallen tree how many have prayed? In the name of memories, in the silence of relics, in the presence of placements of small stones and not one Coke can. In the face of the fallen tree how many have sung out loud? And how many have whispered a song with… Read more

faith not shaken. faith not shaken! not shaken! not! not. heart still taken heart still taken still taken still still still waiting, skating on old ice, shaking the loaded dice still Read more

I heard the silent sound— something spilling deep inside you My arms reached out to hold you— you, out of reach, lying in a cold room, not leaving. Not leaving. That was what I wanted to say, and: How does it feel? In the dark night, as you lay down your head, how does it… Read more

In your eyes I see the universe. The universe likes your eyes. It injects its weaknesses into them, to be dissolved. In the universe I see your eyes. Sometimes, anyway, on one of these nights with clouds lolloping and stars pinging on intermittently. Entropy is teasing you apart. The universe goes on. Entropy, Unmaker, does… Read more

“We like each other.” Theorise about complementary personalities shared missions commitment sex— but those words are where it’s at. This father and mother who have been partners for so many years like each other. TV-documentary theory: that feeling—you know the one—lasts three to seven years. If that’s so, then to keep it going, you have… Read more