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The Mordor Lamentations of Samwise Gamgee as He Prepares a Brace of Coneys

The Mordor Lamentations of Samwise Gamgee as He Prepares a Brace of Coneys

Before hooking up with Mr. Frodo, I was in a bad way.

The Shoemaker’s Elves Help Out in the Walmart Parking Lot

The Shoemaker’s Elves Help Out in the Walmart Parking Lot

Relish

Relish

Lather, Rinse, Repeat and Never Stop

Lather, Rinse, Repeat and Never Stop

They'll Let You Use Kool-Aid To Dye Your Hair When You're 10 & In The Hospital For Setting Your Childhood on Fire

They'll Let You Use Kool-Aid To Dye Your Hair When You're 10 & In The Hospital For Setting Your Childhood on Fire

Albany Liquors

Albany Liquors

self portrait as chinese typewriter

self portrait as chinese typewriter

Fiction

A wristwatch on a person's arm.

The Pendulum Swings for No One

Dad says time travelers can’t hurt us.

A ray of light falling over an empty bed.

Unknown Number

A small brown and white pony screaming in a field

A CASE FOR NECROMANCY IN THE QUEST FOR PEACE

A naked baby bird in a nest, the nest built in the bough of a pine tree.

A Wickedness

A sillhoutted bird flying over a sunset.

Waterbird

Square blocks of cereal in milk in a blue bowl against a mustard yellow background.

Grown adult Bill Murray purchased a box of Jojo Siwa Strawberry Bop cereal because

A group of raccoons huddled together against a chain-link fence.

The Myth of Trash Pandas

Flash Fiction

The Mordor Lamentations of Samwise Gamgee as He Prepares a Brace of Coneys

The Mordor Lamentations of Samwise Gamgee as He Prepares a Brace of Coneys

Before hooking up with Mr. Frodo, I was in a bad way.

The Shoemaker’s Elves Help Out in the Walmart Parking Lot

The Shoemaker’s Elves Help Out in the Walmart Parking Lot

Albany Liquors

Albany Liquors

Texas Weather

Texas Weather

Carlos and the Comedic Comment

Carlos and the Comedic Comment

Perfect Baby

Perfect Baby

Premonition

Premonition

Flash Nonfiction

Notes from a Visit to the Motherland, February 2023

Notes from a Visit to the Motherland, February 2023

Every time I’m in town I get a body count.

gender indifferent

gender indifferent

Security Question

Security Question

image retention

image retention

What To Expect At The End Of Your Cat’s Life

What To Expect At The End Of Your Cat’s Life

light the beam

light the beam

A field of pink tulips, two out of focus bicycles standing upright in the background.

Band on the Run

Nonfiction

Leon Lett and the Poetics of Chaos: A Failed Essay on Failure

Leon Lett and the Poetics of Chaos: A Failed Essay on Failure

Chaos generally means a state of utter confusion or disorder.

Ostkreuz

Ostkreuz

Coming Home

Coming Home

A woman standing outside holding her phone with both hands to text with her thumbs. Her face is outside of the frame.

bitch

The black keys of a typewriter partially in frame against a stark white background.

Forfeiture of Nuance in the Rise of AI

A to Z

A to Z

Divorce-o-rama: Divorce as a Dark Ride

Divorce-o-rama: Divorce as a Dark Ride

Poetry

Relish

Relish

FIVE OPEN THINGS OF BUDGET MAYO IN MY FRIDGE, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Lather, Rinse, Repeat and Never Stop

Lather, Rinse, Repeat and Never Stop

They'll Let You Use Kool-Aid To Dye Your Hair When You're 10 & In The Hospital For Setting Your Childhood on Fire

They'll Let You Use Kool-Aid To Dye Your Hair When You're 10 & In The Hospital For Setting Your Childhood on Fire

self portrait as chinese typewriter

self portrait as chinese typewriter

at the end of the earth, i find {}

at the end of the earth, i find {}

I am holding this for you: cento

I am holding this for you: cento

mother, your favorite tiki bar-

mother, your favorite tiki bar-

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a million gods would kill for this job

Modern Poetry

my father votes in favor of capital punishment

i realized i forgot to say i love you

My Father, the Comedian

Romy Rhoads Ewing is the Last Good Thing About This Part of Town

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the co-op parking lot

two worlds right next door to each other

Morning Walk, 10/19/14

It was always like this:

March 1st, 2023

Jonathan Dubow Wants Your Dovetails

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Two Poems in Conversation

Leon Lett and the Poetics of Chaos: A Failed Essay on Failure

Apophasis

From Merrily We Go A-Wrong: My Philosophical Laundryman

The Alexander Singers & Players present Shmiddler on the Roof

Kathryn Wants Your Domestic Oddities!

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The hinge on the garlic press is loose

Phin as a Resting Ground

Ode to the Mortar

Mixie

Notes from a Spatula

Alex Carrigan Wants Shameless Name-Dropping Literature

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Billy Collins Is Bored with My Dead Mother

either / or

enten / eller

another poem about my ex girlfriend (gggec)

ode to messy emotions

Brittany Says Don't Txt Ur Ex

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Lesbian God Says To Let It Go

Strange Sour

Spill Your Guts

Someone at Waffle House Reminded Me of You

Gavin Garza Will Have His Revenge On Fresno

Nominated for Best of the Net 2025

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POEM IN WHICH I READ TRANS

Death Works at Trader Joe's

Shakespeare’s Cumslut ??

Three Poems on the Angel Gabriel

Is it still Dollar Pizza if it’s a Dollar Fifty?