The Sheep and the Widow
But don’t you worry about gossip, sugar plum. I have a sense about these things. I can see you’re in love.
A Bride for a Flood
I had no name for what I wanted. Not this. Desire / As sudden as cool milk in the breasts of a virgin.
The Best Water in the World
We drank tap with pride.
Not Bruise, Not Eggplant
wandered into the garden to / find what there was to reap and —
The Hot Pitch Under
She could feel the hot pitch under her feet stretching both ways, boundless, like a solid ocean glowing at two opposing horizons.
The Wolf Within
In the beginning, the pain was a small thing, barely worthy of notice.
Diptych: A Mr. 7 Hands Screwdriver and an Octopus Open Up About Their Relationship
As you can probably imagine, the hardest part was we never knew what to do with that eighth tentacle.
The Mandarins
It’s funny how history repeats itself, right? That feels almost cosmic.
Sacrament
Christ’s body — yes, only bread, but still
this idea of a man in your hands.
Seven Minutes
My cousin got a reputation at school, and she said reputations are like ghosts. Once they decide to haunt you, there’s nothing you can do to get rid of them.