Category Archives: Women

I know a lady who speaks with her eyes and moves with her arms, a mother bearing her child. She’s the devil some say who will haunt your dreams and steal away with your youth, leaving naught but a skeleton behind. She’s a muse in winter, the red of her cheeks soaked against pale skin,Continue reading “I know a lady”

I know a woman who served you cake you needled her about woman’s work. I know a woman who’s eating cake – She wouldn’t be silent, she kept her worth. I know a woman nearly drowned by water. You took her head you held it under. I know a woman who rose from the deadContinue reading “Every woman has a story”

Hey you, archaeologist, this piece of porcelain is fragile. She didn’t ask you to mark her with your heavy paws. She breaks when you play with her like GI Joe- falls into pieces- splinters off- irreplaceable- even with a strong adhesive. Flickers of bone and soul are gone forever and the lines- those shadows areContinue reading “Don’t touch”

i follow them – two men letting my feet tread quietly yet they stare back at me letting me know that i’m either crazy or stupid to be alone i sit on a park bench counting dandelions and shine as the park lights do a man in blue and gold comes up to me andContinue reading “walking in the city”