“the straight shot / the long shot / the parting shot / indiscriminate in the dark…”

“…Nothing prospered across the land / Until she came out of her trance.”

“I wonder what violence will / find me today. A deer’s teeth.”

“easy to find the tension in the root. / The give. The take.”

“You fooled me. Your ability to / thrive without needing…”

“I've come to learn: Packages / and bad news arrive regardless”

“Recently, the doctor has been looking / at my ovaries. I mean: she shoved / a camera inside of me to get a glimpse”

“under tables with green fire. / we are thinking / who's the child”

“You are / distracted, so / the spirit / cannot summon / you at / midnight hunger”