Cargo was originally published in the anthology Cargo of the Soul as part of the SeaScribes writers collective in 2025. It’s availabble in harback and ebook formats from Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
I put my gay inside a box. The tidy boy with the corduroy pants that trend forgot ...
The car bomb that destroyed lives, two blocks from the street where I was born ...
I put my love inside a box. The tender moments, the fleeting connection, the inevitable parting ...
I put my grief inside a box, I dig a hole, deep in the woods. Six feet. Eight feet. Ten — it's in!
Concentration: clutch the duvet close. Constellations: focus tight the night sky. Consternation: a young boy will not sleep ...
I put my anger in a box. Now and then I check its pulse ...