Ice And we are green light, aurora borealis spliced overhead, a cloister of celibate stars.

Unaware, Delaware Drive the truck under a full moon to get another drink.

Malibu, Alaska, & the Fishing Boat Obituary And in the evenings, with a beer in hand I sang on the deck, acapella, with the boys steaming green beans and bacon inside, complaining about their distant wives.

The Baronet He said, over drinks that it was my skin beautiful, and my hair, beautiful.

Markets, Perfidy The conversation, creeping like wisteria over the hypnotic color of lovemaking in the bright light of mid-day.

McNamara's Report Card You lay the heat over you like a shawl, a honey-mint motif on the sliced edge of your tongue.

To Clarify: 9 of Wands Alone in the dark you remember why you always come back to me.

Gallows Humor And I am sighs a tired eyeroll annoyed by the other woman at the table.

1 When the Death Card Ejaculates Penis purple-red at the tip talks dirty to an empty room.

N's birthday Poem The Spanish songs on Spotify, the heartbeat swollen, back of the ambulance, first birthday since the hospital.