You know, my fate’s really always come down to you.It’s been that way since 1982.I’ve counted the years nearly every…
No Game Stop
We were that amusement, some bright, shiny object,the birthday toy, the circus mobile spinning above the crib to mesmerizeor maybe…
Within a dream
When she hugged you the last time, the wind whispered, traitor. You feed my sleep often with dreams of yesterday…
My dog howls at the moon
Is it because he wants to have the moon here with him?Does he want to eat itfor all he knows…
dot dot dot
pretend you knew where you were goingand now you’ve run into usso follow along the silent spaces we speak in…
2019 in Wuhan
This is for the man in Wuhansitting by the roadside in the shade of the overpassdirty white undershirt and mussed…
Strong Women
She was having a hard time going to sleep, maybe fear of the dark and all those kinds of trauma…
This is now
Sometimes I think I’ve becomethat man it’s said will never understand the boyeven though he has been that boybecause he’s…
Poetic thought
The more I drinkthe higher the cigarette butts pile up in the ashtraythe more I think . . . That…
A Way with Words
We’d all grown up together from small-kid time, most from age three or four, so far survived school, work, bad…
burn that mother down
I stare into a mirror sometimeswhere we bathed in a fiery lakebaby seen over my shoulder those gray eyesI can’t…
Stormy Weather
He stepped out into a sunless day. He wondered where it had gone. Oh no. Could this be that end of the world…
Mānoa Driving Lessons
Friday nights we smoke dopedrink Strawberry Hilland I give Steve driving lessons Every time we pass by her houseSteve stops…
maybe try saying this
so if you can’t say every single wordthen try at least a word or tworemarking maybe howtwo neutron stars will…
One Last Swimmer
David whispered, “Lanning, go back down the driveway.” “What is it?” “Just go, get to a safe distance. Rodney, you cover…
What’s the Real Crime?
We went down and sat in the hotel lobby. David and Mr. Kim discussed three things: what might have been the object…
All the Swimmers Are Strong
“What’s he done? Lady, that is what David Chan will get out of the guy who just plugged your hubby. Either he…
Mr. Kim Rings In
Mrs. Robertson added, “We go to Europe frequently for Lambert’s business, but we manage to vacation a good deal.” “Yes,…
Mr. and Mrs. Robertson
I said, “David, what if she was bringing him some kind of sacrifice?” “How so?” “Well, maybe the man she…
Everything I gave you
I gave you everythingI want it backall of itright noweven all these years laterunlessyou don’t have it anymoreall tossed long…
Lanning Lee 