Poetry

Five Erasures from ‘Mastering Pac-Man’

The ever-present monsters / soon catch up and A MAN / slowly disappears as the machine utters / a whine another MAN / appears the process repeats

‘Outer Space Love Letter’ and other poems

The cold black
waters of Maine; earthy and lax Mid-
Atlantic; obscene Technicolor
heaven in the South. No partner, no
daughter swinging my hand, singing.
I’ve been walking
all my life.

Mountain Simulator

SAVING…

I FEEL ALIVE INSIDE THIS WINDY AUTUMN DAY

I may or may not be alive inside
I may or may not be alive
I may or may not be
I may or may not be a mountain

‘Main Character Disease’ and other poems

I leave a deep wound.
And between you and me,

nothing should be as crammable
as putty,

but when asked
what I mean to you

you didn’t blink once