Just its fur was moving.
With a snare, they lifted it
and sealed it in a garbage bag.

I want to take
responsibility, to say I made it hard—
I only made it hard for him specifically.

A toenail clipping floating in a toilet bowl
like a crescent moon reflected in water

steam rises under my hand
from a lovely coffee cup
cracked like the wall of an orphanage

My family stands
at its end, stops
storm-thrashed

There is less and less difference
between your shadow
and the shadow inside you

free advertising
all day and night

Many friends came with us
and whoever did not come was no longer a friend.

my dream was to move to france
and become a warrior for the lord cuz
I was poor , confused and wasn’t sure my dad loved me