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an agony to every little thing analog and i am alive an empty place at your table the answer to every question anything else as painful as falling in love bereft bloodless poetry bondage to bondage a brilliance left behind broken bowl the butterfly effect the castle dancing death of the screaming denim the trigger each other's breath every night the exclusion of all others fifty the first cause flying gravity the great divide a haiku on love a haiku on a frightening mood

among these poems are some amateurish ones, some silly romantic ones, some attempts at political commentary, haikus, slams, pretentious bits, pathetic bits and maybe a little brilliance

a haiku on life icarus the name of my twin who does not exist one cliché our little pocket of time and space the pigeon with the broken leg promise is pain see the man sex god skipping a slippery piece of the universe take her from me this albatross together (take one) together (take two) too much we cry triage two and two is five unborn i love yous undying ember violence and poetry what is ours when i am gone when the dieting is done when we're apart i'm not really living (at all) your touch slightly