Afterwards

We discuss the soul,
ponder death’s postlude, then choose
the happy ending.

Mortality

That first brush with death
shook loose her confident grasp
of all she held dear.

At 22

You’re gone, leaving class
mates to learn that last lesson:
life can be too short.

 

 

Dizziness diagnosis

He feared brain blood clots
but it’s labyrinthitis.
He’ll live after all.

Dizzy

Why his head spins he
doesn’t know. Vertigo’s made
the world hell’s fun house.

Hope

Dark fear crackling at
the edges, the heart beats on,
pulsing core of light.

Welcome 2013

If you suffer from
triskaidekaphobia,
good luck. You’ll need it.

Fiscal cliff

Cost to average
household: Five thousand. Voting
the bums out: Priceless.

 

College acceptance letters

Envelope size, thick
or thin. We look for clues, don’t
like to be surprised .

College midterms

She calls, panicked, freaked.
Can’t breathe, can’t focus, can’t write.
I soothe, long distance.