Brother Tedwell  fell–  He winced at the sudden pain that shot up from his knees and palms. The asphalt dug into his flesh causing small white shreds to stand up on end. He gritted his teeth and...

Ball gown scars itch with the memory of liquid pain spilled across your stage I followed your midnight summon to suicidal promises broken by broken glass  No car could drive fast enough, and you...

I hate it. I hate every second of this “fortunate” experience. Every night is the same with the boys and their coked-up one-night stands in the state we perform in. Red cups filled with expensive liquor...

There's something growing.  There's something growing in this fudge.  Danger sporing, lurking about this soil.  Planting its hypha throughout the hemisphere.     In the garden, these...

Hot and cold brings sudden storms   A whirlwind of rage  A shattered space   Moving forward - Moving backwards I'm moving constant Lee, awakens my sea but I don't speak I...

I'm not skilled at wielding a paring knife. Never have been. My mother always has been, though-  Snatching the blade and its victim deftly From my hands to slice through Quicker and cleaner...

I tried to avoid mirrors. I would pass them and instantly look away. My eyes were always cast down as I brushed my teeth, and my back turned as I changed clothes. Don’t get me started on the moments...

Mom thrusts it into my arms out of a dust-covered storage bin. A smile graces her face as her fingers run over the embroidered letters: OLE MISS. That wasn’t an expression I saw on Mom’s face often....

I will survive you as I had before you, and will continue on after. I will remember who I was before we met, and resurrect her ashes from all the gardens that I burned. I cleared my lungs of all the pollen...

I am, I have come to think, chronically possessed. I have had a non-zero number of exorcisms performed on me at this point.  Unfortunately, I can’t say that I’ve ever puked snakes or crawled up...

By the smell of iron and roses By the taste of sugar and blood  By the sound of her voice laced  with kudzu blossoms and honey suckle, nectar dripping against  my neck.  I knew her...