(a poem about hypersensitivity) no darkness consumes the soullike the black of panicflowing through the veinsand stealing every last drop of energyto create a lightning bolt of passionate self-loathingto suck the lifefrom not just this momentbut each instant to comeas an electrical storm within the spiritfocused on the lightning rod… Read More »sensations

(a poem about abortion and the idiocy that is sweeping the western world at the moment.) oncewhen we were strongthey came for usand drove wedges in places they did not belongpenetrated our ranks with divisiontore us apartuntil we had learned to eat each othercannibalize our neighbors’ childrenin times of continuous… Read More »choice

with all the talk lately about the death of language — at least, the death of language as we know it — because nobody on the internet knows how to use english properly anymore, i thought it might be good to see the other side of that coin. the internet… Read More »not-quite-virgin birth

you’re passionate about designing and building things. that’s a great start. but you don’t have a workshop. or you’ve got a workshop and it’s full of things you don’t use and you’re ready to start again. here’s what the temptation looks like. you go on craigslist and facebook marketplace and… Read More »where to begin a love affair with trees

i rise with the dawn and shift the stones away from my eyes revealing the brightness of a life i thought just moments ago stolen by their night i look down and touch the holes driven through my spirit by the nails of hatred and passion not healed or forgotten… Read More »passion

in honor of the easter celebrations sweeping the world this weekend, here are five new translations of jesus’ prayer, often oddly called “the lord’s prayer”, from the christian bible, the book of matthew. if you have found the traditional version of this prayer rather awkward — which most traditional liturgy… Read More »jesus’ prayers