"Every little boy needs a dog," barks your mother
That's odd, too. Your parents don't go out in winter. You pick up whatever they need.
JAKE
Coming Clean
From EAST COAST BLUES via Bottlecap Press (2022)
Shopping malls and parking lots and all the places I knew I liked girls
The first time I was misgendered was at a Taco Bell in Crossgates Mall in upstate New York. Or rather, this is the first time I specifically remember being misgendered.
███come to earth ██████████
An erasure from “Welcome to Earth” by Sturgill Simpson (A Sailors Guide to Earth)
Brace ███ ██████ (████ A Little)
An erasure from “Brace For Impact (Live A Little)” by Sturgill Simpson (A Sailors Guide to Earth)
The Motor Oil (In Bloom)
A découpé poem after Sturgill Simpson’s A Sailor’s Guide to the Earth (2016)
a body of work
one by one, I unhooked joints and / rearranged them at my feet in the living room.