Step 1: Do not read the instructions. Someone will have read them for you—
One Day, In the flare of a second, ecstasy.
Mayo, mild and meek. Dull the taste of Europa! Then came Portugal ...
A little boy sat on the train: He counted sheep inside his brain, He kicked his feet he tapped his pen, His mother shooshed him once again.
For me the sovereign bends the knee.
But honour me, and you I’ll serve.
In ways in which you cannot see,
In ways I deem you to deserve.
I am the …
It wasn't driftwood or jellyfish, not rope or cracked plastic, not the usual ghosts of summer---
Because I would not stop for Death
He made a bed for me,
Inside my cell there was a bell
If nurses were of need.
We held a wake my friends brought …
Rumble rumble round we go:
To ride the highs, negate the lows.
Mundane inane, intrigue, awe ⸺
Routine’s comfort, glossed or raw.
Tumble tumble …
We entered the world with a bang—
a hot knot of plasma and awe,
siblings packed tighter than quarks
in the nursery of our mother’s arms. …
Neutron‑Star Mechanics
Binding Energy
There is a pressure in you that no vacuum can relieve.
No corridor in space is safe from the weight you carry; …
Whispers chase me down the school halls:
“What kind of girl is called Matthew at all?”
“Her parents so woke, just a name to …
I put my gay inside a box. The tidy boy with the corduroy pants that trend forgot ...