August 18, 2024

We used to swim together In pools deep and cold, so clear you could see the bottom. Each had their own stroke- some swam deep others floated while some thrashed about. We buzzed, a chorus each singing their own song, happy as bees  in a field of buttercups. It’s different now. The buzz is more…

September 11, 2023

Spring, 2020 legs wrapped around my kitchen chair           heart pounding                      hands trembling images parade across the screen a bad trip           without the acid body bags           stacked in hospital halls                      thrown into refrigerated trucks                                ditch witch digging mass graves I rip my eyes from the screen           need to see…