Blink and you’ll miss it That was never us We took our time That’s why I liked you so much Listened to you talk about synthetic oil Deer season, and snowmobiles I was good with my hands too You knew that though The end came faster than us I had to hurry you along When...
Gunnar Lundberg
Medusa in Drag
When she took the stage We shrieked like little lambs Suckling vodka teats Glitter gauzes to fill Our patchy coats She sang sequence Shiny Shania Bright Britney Metallic Madonna Coated the lounge like a cornea We were the pupil taking it in Frozen before our queen...
Now, I ask for coffee after sex
I took a train to Naples To see the Farnese Hercules A hero of Hellenistic proportions A marble bear, tired Resting his weight on a club My professor told me the statue Didn’t work. That if it were real The club would fall, and him too “He just couldn’t stand like...
Maraschino
You taste like maraschino cherries Soaked in a bright red womb Lips smack loudly around the room Eager for you to come soon Fellas impatiently wait their turn To nurse on the tip of a sundae spoon You died to become too sweet Crushed between bitter teeth Gone to make...
The Audacity
The way a lad Sarah shifted Pointed at her during Mr. Brightside On the dancefloor at Garage “It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss” And she was flabbergasted Still dancing beside him Is the same way Mom pays a euro to light a candle for Oma At all the cathedrals we...
Clubbing in the Birch Grove
The birch grove unsettles me Walking through the breast of a chickadee Buried deep, maybe even in flight? Each plume of whiteFeathered bark bursting seamsI’m lost in a down pillow, a snow sceneIn August These uncanny birches seemTo blister from within, obsceneBegotten...
Nadine, Nadine
You spent Sunday like Christ Licking wounds and tears Falling limbs of an apple tree Spoiled fruit, rotten cores Trite little blights Trickling sours And munching, unfrightened deer You were angry we made love Crossing antlers and your frown Heavy like a winter coat...