Aftercare
The following is an excerpt from a developing novel, “Top Shelf Whiskey,” and includes details that refer to earlier story … Continue reading Aftercare
Tag: Sex
An Increasingly Inebriated Stream of Consciousness
The concentration with which I watch the condensation collect on a full glass of beer at this bar is unmatched … Continue reading An Increasingly Inebriated Stream of Consciousness
The Game of Crashing Into Strangers to Feel
She was trying to play his game. She had made the introduction, but he made it a contest. Who could get the other to admit attraction first? To suss out an intention? They’d been playing it all along. And she needed to catch up. Continue reading The Game of Crashing Into Strangers to Feel
Better Off
You kept a smile on my faceAnd your talk kept to paceWe got lost in the lustThen, as I’m starting … Continue reading Better Off
So Close
Sat on a jetty, sullen and pettyWatching you skip rocks on the lakeYou held one up in such a wayAnd … Continue reading So Close
The Will
It’s a soft weekend morning, and I’m feeling your caressesTalking ’bout our thirties, how I’ll never be a missusI prayed … Continue reading The Will
Sleeping Pills
You said maybe there’s a reason for this pain,
which doesn’t explain
why I’m loving cigarettes again Continue reading Sleeping Pills
Bedside Manner
That quivering tone your voice takes,
I want to always know
its sound as you meander through stories.
I want to always feel your breath,
growing heavy as you tire,
coming out in wafts as you laugh,
binding up in the back
of your throat as you grow tender. Continue reading Bedside Manner
Pent-Up Aching Rivers 