The Cave With Two Snow Holes

Flowing down a blustery freeway Larger vehicles pass with care To skate by the small white rocket carving through lanes. She emits a delighted squeal as traction lights blink And the engine revs in all its steamy ambition. Drivers glance at the smoke trail crawling then jumping from a space in the window. The cigarette …

Choke

She said she loved me As her claws sank deeper into my collarbones, And she leaned into my eyes To watch me squirm while she let go. "The way of mothers," she coos to a ghost. I mostly avoid corners if I can track a rounded turn Yielding to physics and friction and traffic rules. …

Alt.

Sometimes queens change places in the dark Patriotic fluidity under watch of the moon Called always by crisis. Throne to globe, to crust, to core, she extends Projections sometimes recognized To fault the reality of stars. Omniscient cave troll, once beneath a hill -- Take your turn for the worse. Melt me, too, when I …