Modern Buffalo
the shooter was mapping out the aisles for weeks
too many buffaloes
we watch how they run
on the hooves of previous days, last
week my friend’s daughter graduated from … Read more
May 2022
Thirty Pieces
Thirty Pieces
the man in midnight colored cassock murmurs
God’s work is done
thirty pieces jingling
he offers a thousand hosannas
to the prophet
a little foul-mouthed and avaricious, but … Read more
For Deborah Samuel
You should have picked the salt
from my body grain
by grain before you stoned me
or at least chosen
stones of the same size
and … Read more
Who Put the Ax in Al Aqsa?
May He who makes peace in His high places, make peace upon us and upon all Israel; and say: Amen.
The Mourner’s Kaddish
It was proclaimed a heroic operation
to … Read more
Infrequent Diaper Changes
what it is to be urban
can feel fire-like
blazing as you see yourself streak down the street
showing off your swagger
women brandish vodka in coke bottles sipped through … Read more
A Trace of Light
A trace of light falls upon
the land of Ukraine where
a forgotten child is left alone
with his own private sorrows,
where God has turned His
burning eyes knowing … Read more
Kneel and Pray
I’m back to hiding under my third-grade desk
back down here with the gum
while the shirtless bully grabs for our crayons
again and demands we thank him for it… Read more
An Open Letter to Governor DeSantis
For Dr. Marvin Dunn
Sir, I read you don’t want woke citizens and signed
a bill that prohibits workplace training or instruction
that teaches people are “privileged or oppressed
based … Read more
Armed and Dangerous
She was careful not to look too long
keeping her eyes away, a hidden smile
enough to know they had created a plan
showing only her professional style
Once she … Read more