Lamb • “Tangine didn’t know,…

Lamb • “Tangine didn’t know, which was a lie.” http://bit.ly/cuiqdJ #100words

He calls for her as the shatte…

He calls for her as the shattered vase settles into a new cartography near the bed. A floorboard creaks. The day’s pangea just as changed.

Can I remain your lovely paint…

Can I remain your lovely painting? Hung so high that you step back to look? Don’t come any closer, the details lack lustre.

[sorry for neglecting you guys...

[sorry for neglecting you guys. the literary muse has been on holiday.]

Iwawa #1 & #2 | Collages http:…

Iwawa #1 & #2 | Collages http://post.ly/xUy2

I remember the taste of my par…

I remember the taste of my parents’ wedding cake. No shotgun metal in the rum frosting, but sweetness in the flour, us kids suddenly giddy.

Everything is new

Everything is new, including the squint & the absence of two front teeth. He’s still like a sparrow, flitting; looking for me in the crowd.

I sang for these rupees

I sang for these rupees. And dodging the cars, scooters, the childlike wonder of slumming tourists, I find Rehka stirring dal by the road.

After this, will the kiss

After this, will the kiss you plant on my cheek at Narita Airport become a scar? The sun is rising; your hand still in the small of my back.

At the juke joint she pulls

At the juke joint she pulls him in, breathing as slow as she moves her hips; hypnotic, naughty, hopped up on gin, this place, this man.

Greer holds the chicken

Greer holds the chicken like an old handbag while marching across the yard. The axe swooshes mid-execution, feathers finally floating up.

There is no lasting peace

There is no lasting peace, just days like this: the house warming outside in & Sam, his bare feet on my lap, biting his upper lip & reading.