Walt,
“One touch of your hand to mine O boy”
— “Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night,” Walt Whitman
JAKE
HEIGHT / US
A body’s warmth is felt /
most consciously as it wanes.
Hairy Mammalian Creatures
Everyone looked super comfortable in their clothes, super relaxed. By contrast, I felt like every stitch of my outfit was slightly off, everything about me rendered in minor key.
Generational Addictions
where images of naked /
women lying enjoyment stick /
like coagulants in blood
Crutches
After Nikki Giovanni -
“Emotional falls always are/the worst/and there are no crutches/to swing back on”
Explaining the Rules to My Children
In Louisiana it’s illegal to send unsolicited pizzas
Life Savers
No one doubts that Charlie and I will grow up to be major fuck-ups.