I walk in.My eyes take a second to readjust from the warm, lambent sunlightto the velvety darkness inside.My feet find that they don’t stickto the …
Absolute Chaos and Absolute Joy
I am a romantic today
I am a romantic today. And with every eye I Catch And iridescent smile I See My heart seizes and squeaks. My pupils tango with the breath of baby pink optimismThat …
Lemon Yellow
If you sit stillAnd say little,Polite, like a lemon,You might be happy. Maybe make your mindThink only of fruit;The yellow of a lemon’s rind,The sound …
Wings
We were excitedbubbling laughter, we fought to keep in our stomachsin our chrysalises, we sat counting seconds silentlysporting teeth grinding grins, eyes tightly shutfists clenched, …
AZUL MAGDALENA (blue martyr)
Dame paz, anhelo y quimera. Azul Magdalena. De mí brotará esa vida primera, la que mantiene vivas las azucenas. Give me dreams, chimeras and peace …
A Dental Photographer’s Sight
See, I’m a dental photographer, meaning I work with raw files and a computer 40 hours a week. At some point over the past year, …
Know your Place: Essays on the working class by the working class (ed) Nathan Connolly Dead Ink Books 2017
Ever felt nervous before a job interview, not because you think you are not skilled enough, but because you may not have the right clothes …
Sounds of Life
On the morning of my night I’d create dreams never seen I’d pay blood in cold droplets To buy hope for my people I become …
SANGRÍA
Podría volverme idolatría y frotarte las piernas empapadas con lágrimas de lozanía. Cambiaria toda mi prosa por letanías y suplicaría devotamente hasta ser la razón …
Desire
(or the inside of a fanta bottle looking like a throat laying a carpet of aqueous tongue) This conceptual work was the fruit of boredom-induced …