Evening Springtime

Tag: homelessness

  • My Father’s Suitcase

    My Father’s Suitcase

    Dad’s suitcase stands out in my mind Torn synthetic leather Stuffed with videos and torn underwear Cinders filled our eyes And the superhuman vision Of a man running down the steps Me and my sisters Looped our little girl bodies Around his size 15 feet Cried on his shoes And screamed “Don’t go! Please!” The…

  • sometimes

    sometimes

    sometimes I don’t feel you’re good/ for me, he says

  • Unheimlich

    Unheimlich

    A queer thing about that house: There are no birds there, or enough To bicker over whether it’s alive Its windows blush flaxen in the hours Between 2 and 4 With a radiance peculiar, familiar Any man walking by will press his cheek to the pane Just to feel the thrilling dissonance, The paradox of…

  • Requisite

    Requisite

    Anything but hunger        — ing After all of this Appetite Has settled Down debris, be seated Pillage and core Rows upon rows of deserted homes Wanting kin Each Friday evening set to burn But too empty to catch, quite Human hunger in the Autumn Is better than none For anything Why dreaming…