Bouncing off
every riot shield
Waxing gibbous moon
Riot police
an unbroken line of
overhead geese
Nightfall
The solo sound of a
tear gas canister
Heat lightning-
The flash of her tongue
On my nipple
A single blossom
amongst shining leaves
Her bare shoulder
Her eyelashes
A rise and fall just
before the beach
Her new lipstick
His barely sipped glass
Of Cabernet
Spring Rain
Keeping both of us awake
wet spot
Half moon
The sudden sharpness
Of her nails
Bumble bee
Its unsettling buzz
tattoo gun
Her lashes
The only things
I shadow
Staff meeting
I now become Chairman
of the bored
Poker game
After we shake
The strength of his hand
Sudden downpour
Praying it still seals
Cheap Condom
Jazz
Even the silences
Are cool
New
afro
A
day
In
the
life
of
Dandelions
Old piano
One by one
My teeth desert me
Learning about the bamboo
from the bamboo
Baby panda
Spring sprinkle
The gutters fill with
Cherry blossoms
Puff of smoke
The Four Twenty Express
embarks
Material Sacrifice
My son teethes on
the black knight
Pacifier
I hum the theme from
Jeopardy
Rap video
The thick legs of
the TV stand
Sauerkraut
The aftertaste of
Sixth Grade German
Smoke above
the volcano on Fogo
Grandfather's glare
First of April
The wind rolls a butt
around the tray
Bathroom mirror
All this new gray
almost time to die
Starbucks
An old navy veteran
reads Melville
Birthmark
Have you always had that
Question Mark
Elevator
I say seventeen
she eyes my feet
Poker game
A Russian guy tables
his AK
Busted Brackets
A Cardinal hops to
a higher branch
Blood moon
The red speck dotting
her eye
Blood Moon
The traffic light refuses
to change
Blood Moon
the rising sound
of a siren
Her hand
Learning when to hold it
when to fold it
Low tide
Footprints filling with
starshine
goose tracks
in a muddy field
Ancient cuneiform
This piece of mine
My Republican cousin
loves homophones
Low tide
The beach too has a
receding hairline
IV
The nurse searches your arm
in vain
Purple
Crayons on the wall
bruises
Winter sun
Ducking to avoid the glare
Jaywalker
Schizophrenic
Beams of sunshine converse with
rain drops
Fireflies
lighting up her face
freckles
Serena fires
A two handed backhand
glance
Full moon
Our infant son's eyes
refuse to close
Morning fog
last night's wine clouds
the tongue
Welcome Mat
just inside the door
Her tongue
Learning
about the pine from
The Coach
Two queens
alongside the board
Chess Widows
Contemplating
A Queen Sacrifice
call from the wife
Big Bluff
The bettor tells his girlfriend
only one more hand
Pawn to King four
My opponent opens
his paper bag
Call to prayer
The stopped bus hisses
Kneels
My last line
written in blood
Paper cut
Low Tide
The ocean also gets
Morning Breath
Good buy
She said after reviewing
my purchase
Kanye West
Swaying a Boardwalk speaker
hot wind
Red horizon
Pigeon feathers flutter
from a hawk's beak
Drug dealer's name
Dripping down a brick wall
Fresh snow
Sunday afternoon
At the poker table
I lose my religion
Casino exit
My shadow keeps moving
further ahead
Evening sunset
A bridge rivet flooded
with rust
Swearing to God
The presiding judge
bangs his knee
Full moon
The silent O of
the pistol's muzzle
Back alley
A rat laps rain
from an eggshell
Morning fog
A Prius creeps up
on little cat's feet
Calvary Baptist
All the shrubs and trees
in their Easter outfits
April sunrise
A single drop of blood
on a light blue tile
Swearing to God
The presiding judge
bangs his knee
Evening sunset
A bridge rivet surrounded
by rust
Full moon
The silent O of
the pistol's muzzle
Summer heat
Pigeon feathers flutter
from a hawk's beak
Driftwood
strewn about the beach
Sunbather's legs
Three little girls
Twirling in pink tutus
Cherry Blossoms
Up late
buzzsaws cutting into
the silence
Too many
Students who missed
the syllabus
The gardener
switches her radio
to Al Green
Not New York's finest
that gardenia in her hair
Strange Fruit on her lips
With a quick-blown kiss
she high heels her way into
the Etheridge night
April morning
A male Cardinal lands
on fleek
Up late
buzzsaws cutting away
the silence
Prison workshop
The killer tries to erase
his mistake
Lorton Prison
The length of a sentence
of its echo
The kick
in her curried shrimp
in her belly
Diner waitress
The arches in her eyebrows
in her feet
Memorial Day
The flag on her fingernails
on her mantelpiece
Half moon
beneath her eye
Blue black
Sugar Sphinx
my mother loses her
Sweet tooth
April night
A man handling a snake
In the sky
April morning
lilac petals land
undead
And until next we meet, may all your potatoes be sweet (and dusted with cinnamon.)
