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my newest self published work is [MOON tattoo]
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and, poems:
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[opening line from a year with mother]
it crawled out of me and knew your birthday
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[horseface]
you strike me as an invasive listener. I love your body. loving mine doesn’t mean I’m not okay wearing too many clothes. does this make me look alone? like, crucifix-on-the-dashboard alone? my mother fell for my father because he couldn’t find a finger to write with. horror movies lift me from poverty into a long period of healing followed by a jump scare. earlier, before you bled into a corncob, my brain had you as a spider spinning an infant. if it pleases god, I’d like to go somewhere time hasn’t been.
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[early work]
the babies my father held.
the hell, the world’s largest.
the parts of the house that caught fire in two moving