US Represented

Writings

Carbon

You live in the earth, sun, sea, and air, born of unexploded stars, the detritus of white dwarves, canvassing the Galaxy with steady resolve and infusing yourself into the organic realm. You float on a baby’s breath to nearby plants that convert you into the energy needed to feed us all and power the globe. […]

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Sober

I found this poem washed out along the shorelines of a drunken stupor, Drowning at the bottom of my heart and flushed out with my 4th shot of whiskey. Those that know me, KNOW this minor, yet IMPORTANT, fact. I am a lightweight; And I am pretty sure I told the bartender I loved him.

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Wet Leaves

We crawl from the wreck into a ditch where the moon’s all afuzz with mold. Shrapnel under my shin. The cold descending. Finally smells like wet leaves and movie popcorn, my sister says, skull open. On first whiff, I get the oiled heat, the smoke, the reeking vomit on my shirt. I don’t get my movie popcorn. My

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