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Poetry

Shaun or Sean or Shawn says you're a great friend, 2006

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
By JAKE Feb 1, 2023
Elephant Sinking Into a Mud Pit

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.
By JAKE Jan 28, 2023
Accident, Maryland

Accident, Maryland

Here old ladies brush their teeth with Desitin. Men step on the toes of priests. Strangers elbow strangers, their arms swinging back-and-forth like bells in a grandfather clock.
By JAKE Jan 25, 2023
Peer Pressure

Peer Pressure

I’m molding a mask for myself out of aluminum foil.
By JAKE Jan 25, 2023
Sad Girls of Instagram

Sad Girls of Instagram

after "Song for Sad Girls" by Kim Addonizio
By JAKE Jan 21, 2023
FTM Stigmata in the Truck Stop Men's Room

FTM Stigmata in the Truck Stop Men's Room

A visual poem
By JAKE Jan 18, 2023
Ars Poetica

Ars Poetica

it is more warm than fireside / eyes shining orange and soft, /
By JAKE Jan 18, 2023

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