“I ate mythology & dreamt'- Yusef Komunyakaa (Blackberries)”

“I am this space my body believes in.”

“Now I have beaten a song back into you, rise and walk away like a panther.”

“I’ve been here before, dreaming myselfbackwards, among grappling hooks of light.True to the seasons, I’ve lived every wordspoken. Did I walk into someone’s nightmare?”

“Whoever said men hit harder when women are around, is right. Word for word, we beat the love out of each other.”

“Foolhearted mindreader,help us see howthe heart begs,how fangs of opprobrium possess our eyes.”

“My doors enter from the sidestreet,my windows painted basement black,my mouth kisses the blues harp,my heart hides like noteslocked in a cedar chest.”