In Reflection, I Screwed My Brother’s Head
Published in Still Human (Falkenberg Press, 2025)
Chemo Visit
As I drove to the hospital to visit my friend Billy during his chemo treatment, a stray lightning bolt struck a eucalyptus on the side of a wooded road. When […]
A Zombie in Mountain View Cemetery
Under an onion moon sliced into an Oakland sky, I move within the skin of an Evil Dead Zombie over mummy brown soil. My brain is rolled tight like […]
When a San Francisco Wind Shoved Me Back
on 7th Avenue like a 7th grade bully, a mind in the wind flung my flimsy self about. I still lurched forward a block from Golden Gate Park’s shuddering leaves. […]
When I Dash Across a Don’t Walk Intersection
at 40th and Broadway, Death’s warm body almost hugs me as a SUV almost flattens me into one of Mama’s blueberry pies hot from a Thanksgiving oven three […]
A Preschool Teacher’s Greeting
Published in Still Human (Falkenberg Press, 2025)
Falling
I stumble into my skinny studio at Avenue C and East 4th. After a double bodega shift, I fail to dish out a fresh offering of Sally’s high-protein low-carb salmon-flavored […]
Present Poetry Podcast
A selection of poetry from Still Human in the Present Poetry Podcast: “Rubber Magic,” “You Should Be Fatter,” “The Radioactive Horse,” “Past Life Reconstructed,” and “I Screwed My Brother’s Head.” […]
Teenage Morning
Published in Still Human (Falkenberg Press, 2025)
My Egg Choice
White or brown? If my white skin picks white eggs, surely I’m suffering an historical flare-up to America’s racial flavor. Between caged and free- range brown, I grab the $5.99 […]