My doll watched
As we slipped off their dresses and dipped them one-by-one into their pool, Barbie stared, unchanged, and I thought of when I first unboxed her, newly four, half a shelf of dolls beside the built-in closet.
Poetry
The new clock
and my heart is a crocodile mimicking death. I seek God in a temple
Genesis
no rib bones please!
Space Potato
Everything I think, everything I am is foreign.
The Delights of Eating on the Job
And if you’re feeling extra bold, you can try to eat the food.
In 2055 the water will be two feet deeper around Manhattan
I pay for my tacos. She pays for something she didn’t ask for.
Ladies' night is in retrograde
I say to myself in the mirror—just to see