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Are We Not Men?

The girl marched directly up to me, glaring, and said, “You hit my dog.”

Arguing with Myself

“You need me,” says the mind. “I just want what’s best for you.”

Arpeggio Progression in Missing Key and Other Poems

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Arrangement

The elevator inside him begins to fall with dizzying speed.

Artificial Tears

Tears sometimes come in a bottle. Open and apply several times daily.

As Good as Could Be

I didn’t trust her. Relationships like ours aren’t built on trust.

As Human As It Gets

A bird is chirping outside, the world is carrying on, and she is in it.

As with Rosy Steps the Morn

The five notes, slowly, over & over, and with some light intent.

Asteroid B612

Your soul feels old and familiar like a book that opens to my favorite pages.

Astronomy 101

He knows what she’s seeking, and he knows she won’t find it.

At Age Ten I Escape from the Work Farm and Pursuant to Court Order, Am Recaptured in a Cincinnati Amusement Park

That’s why Mam drinks whiskey. That’s why he drinks whiskey too.

At Cape Henlopen

We walk in light so steep I can see each single stitch of your sweater.

At the Center of the Sailing World

Suddenly, all of the past seemed now like the same endless race.

At the Sunoco in West Virginia

He doesn’t notice the cop car rolling slow-motion into the station.

At the Supermarket

This must be what it’s like to be seen by God as we inch toward the infinite.

At the Wrong Time, to the Wrong People

I have given everything at the wrong time, to the wrong people.

Aubade

When I dream of lovers, I rarely see faces. It’s better if we never touch.

Aubade to a Collapsed Star

Our bed a garden of the littlest sighs of our waking. Our room, abstract.

Aubade with Hold Music

I know you want your mother’s dial tone like you want a KFC box.

Avoiding the Spirits

He is not a man, but an empty shell, a creature who laughs to stop the shame.

Baby in the Pan

Please, Theresa thought, as a tenderness surged within herself.

Baby on a Highway

I can’t talk yet. But I know things. I will tell you all this later when I can.

Bad Samaritans

A Good Samaritan refused is no more good than any Bad Samaritan.

Bag

I lost my medicine bag from back when I believed in magic.

Bangana

I commute to war five days a week in a station wagon the color of an egg.

Baptism

I opened my eyes and they burned; I closed them and saw my father.

Bats

They do good things for us, the bats. But we do not want them there.

Baucis and Philemon

His mouth hardens whenever their son’s name is mentioned.

Be Patient

The dead children were wheeled away, covered with white sheets.

Bear with Me

Why does she do it? She knows cutting yourself is a joke. Goth, idiotic.