A Total Schenectady of the Heart.
My transparent invitations via pop songs shouted hoarse/ summarized my status as an ill-tuxedoed groom
JAKE
you+me+everything.
All I want is you (and me and everything.)
This Version is Slapstick
The driver goes—YOU NEED MORE CHANGE!
I Don’t Make Promises Anymore
you say i’ll go first if you promise to save me if i fall.
Shaun or Sean or Shawn says you're a great friend, 2006
sunken as a memory in the ember sunset / in that small place subliminal space in your head
Elephant Sinking Into a Mud Pit
And for two more days the rescuers try to drag out / the grey giant with ropes — to no avail.
An Afternoon Wedding
The wedding planner skirts around him, out of the radius of his thrashing. She doesn’t have time to fight his hands away and explain that she’s not his bride.