Pride goeth

My new business cards,
bearing my new title, all
printed with typos.

Inanimate

J spilled nail polish
remover on my mother’s
chest. I screamed, then cried.

Inheritance

I take better care
of my mother’s possessions
than of her, she’d say

Guilt

My dead parents’ stuff
occupies my home and mind.
Unsorted, it waits.

Sleepover

Popcorn caffeine for
the friend whose mom is dying
comfort food TV.

The director at 17

Their lives loves failures
all source material for
future film projects.

Last time

Couplings and breakups
compelled by senior year some
begin others end.

JH’s birthday party

With no school Monday
so much high drama surrounds
turning seventeen.

Buddy

Well-loved now. Rescued
he was matted with feces,
eyes begging for home.

Devolved

Dissolution is
the caterpillar’s abased
path to butterfly.