Three Poems on the Angel Gabriel
A poetry triptych
JAKE
Tuesday is the New Monday.
I must ask you to bear with us while the changes settle into place, I appreciate that this may take some time.
my father votes in favor of capital punishment
and it gives me hope
i realized i forgot to say i love you
didn’t know i could love you. if / words were meant to elaborate on
My Week of Seven Senses
All we humans have “conditions” to bear. Circumstances to survive. Though I’ll grant you, mine may be one of the weirdest.
Dickless
I want to point out trans men exist.
JOEY vs. THE GOUT KEBAB
Joey palmed the glass to kill the neon glare and peered in. Men in white lab coats sliced strips of meat from the rotating elephant’s leg. Customers fumbled with clipboards, using string-bound pencils to complete their paperwork.