Writing

Man at desk with black birds
["Asgardian Seagulls," digital art by cedar, YWP]
  • I feel sick

    Renee Good just wanted to go home

    To her kids

    6, 12, and 15

    I've watched the video

    I didn't want to

    But I needed to see for myself if she really tried to run the agent over

     

    She didn't

  • When I met him

    I was a room with the lights turned low,

    Curtains drawn so no one could see

    The cracks in the walls, the quiet ache,

    The fear that I was too broken to be free.

    I learned to build myself in layers,

  • A Loss of Hope

    i sit on the classroom floor.

    the room is dark and cold.

    i press my back against the wall.

    the door is barricaded with a chair.

    my teacher stands in front of it, as

  • favorite food (s)

    Since I could eat, I have loved eating. Since I could open

    my mouth and shriek for sustenance I have been in love with food.

    And it has always loved me back -

    tacos, grilled cheese, steak, sushi, matzo ball soup,