poems from word prompts

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4 BILLION BC

remember slime?
remember good times? when we
were still soup?

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JELLYFISH AT RIPLEY'S AQUARIUM

behind a glass
i saw ghost blooms, a
cotton candy afterlife

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TRIP TO DENVER

nosebleeds, blueberry bagels,
Cher's Believe in the basement
yelling GO BRONCOS

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DISTANCE

i emulate you
to be close to you
small memorized gestures

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TEMPERANCE

pretend the particles
between our bodies mix and
make new air

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THE LIFE OF THE PARTY

my new chair!
check out these sensuous grooves
all birchwood baby!

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I'M OVER HERE, BY THE FRUIT BOWL

GRAPES OF WRATH
APPLES OF SPITE, WATERMELON OF
"NOT MAD, JUST DISAPPOINTED"

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