Previously published in Lungs. In my dream I boiled an eggto relive a childhood pleasure, to dip in – but there were so many otherchores to do in that moment. Packing my bags, dusting awaya matrix of web, and my kitchenhad stretched to a banquet hall – candle litand murky with my father’s antediluvian wares.So…
Tag: Dreams
Signals of Fear and Uncertainty
There is a fist-sized hole in the concrete floor and another in the ceiling. The hole in the floor is bearded with sunblack shit, and at night the beetles climb out of it and crawl across my toes. The smell is worse in the daytime. Sometimes I stand under the hole in the ceiling and…
Insomnia, My Ugly Twin
She has six cuts on her abdomenand pelvis.It was smooth beforethe pod people camewith their one-eyed snake.Snip snip snip snip snipSNIP.Nasty beast alwayshungry.Sucked out the life seeds.Left behind the sad gas.Full and empty. Insomnia, my ugly twin,every night enters my bedroom.If I lock the doorshe tap dances on the roof.Grabs me by the handhot not…