Jackson

The new potholder crafted by my mother falls on the raw chicken and must be washed. I am powerless She is powerless to[o] make me new I am Cinderella in my ecstasy (Ecstasy) Here’s a little light by the side of a highway (highway to hell? to heaven) By the side of a highway to Read more

Knees slightly bent, body lightly curved around his guitar, held close, vital Elegant fingers on the Telecaster’s neck lift and slide and press Long thumb and finger delicately direct the plectrum Face an intent mask mouth a concentrated line eyes lost in love with it Sound surges up his spine, through his chest, shoulders, head, Read more

Give us nothing. Nothing more. Let our dreams be empty. They say you do it till it hurts hurts hurts in red-and-black flashes in nerve-hot needles in rictus spikes They say there’s a glaze on those fringed snap-delicate eyes, a grimace on that sky-sex face. A railing of pain around that light-sabre smile. You’re working Read more

Listen. I brought it home turned low, smuggled low in my chest, in my gut. Who held, and was held once in a lifetime— once in a lifetime and always. Who looked into my eyes, who took my look once in a lifetime— once in a lifetime and always. Rails. A bridge. Once in a Read more

Humanity: a species that survives by burning things and each other. Smoke in my eyes so I take them out and put them away Marching’s hard so I decommission my legs Speaking hurts so I shut down my tongue But I forget my ears, Harmony. Sing, put the tears back into our eyes, bang the Read more

You call. I hear you. As I hear you, I touch you. As I touch you, I know you. As I know you, I love you. As I love you, I see you— Oh let me see you!        a vision? Let me see you!        a prison Oh let me see you!        a Read more