Imagine
Perfectly normal house
Perfectly normal girl
Perfectly healthy body
Chaotic mind.
Her thoughts
As loud as waves
Clashing on rocks.
Yet a voice
So quiet
Like a breeze
Through palm trees.

because she built him up so high
that when he looked down from his castle
he realized
he no longer needed her

I write you into my poems at midnight
So that I never forget you;
I write you into my prayers at midnight
So that you never forget me.

The Dog Not Taken

Two roads diverged on a paper ballot
Rejecting both, I voted for my dog

I don't need
     your     namaste flower-
power    poetry         words
     that       barely break   the
skin               give me something
strong like gin     something with
a little                sin.

        I don't want your
fluffy words               I want something       seldom heard
    something I          can always use
something that'll        leave a bruise
           so bomb the page I'll
light                the                 fuse.