i.

one can write
must
write

in a vacuum

but read, no.

many have this backward.

ii.

the winners
of new
essential
fiction.com
win

what is still
a bible.

iii.

the marks on my daughter’s pencil…

oh, thinking
is a pain.  I am thinking

of biting
her ears
when I am given

a branch.

iv.

be afraid.

the most horrible fish
has yet
to walk
from the ocean.

v.

time was here
when I arrived
but hadn’t
eaten

vi.

once okay
the soul was
with being
a copy

vii.

in heyday
of health
the infant
weighs
as much
as a bag
of ice.

here, a bath is drawn
for the burned
in effigy.

viii.

mother & father
if you want to help
there are two
images
left

ix.

on the playbill
I recognize
virginity
as the inheritance
of Jesus

x.

let me believe I can crush my shadow.