I Saw You
Recitation of I Saw You by Renee When I saw you –it was not really you,but the shell you’d inhabited –I rememberedhow much I despised youhow much I wished youweren’t…
Careful
"Be careful not to fall,"my mother used to wail,stricken by my gallto play between the rails. My mother used to wail -just the thought would terrify -"My baby is too…
A Simple Thing
It may seem a simple thing -daughter and father hand in hand -and surely a casual observingmight cause one to misunderstand Daughter and father hand in hand,appearing to be a…
Cool
half notes up, half notes downlong blond curls danglingquarter notes up, quarter notes downhead thrown back, swayingeighth notes up, eighth notes downgrinding, grimacing, morphingpopping, sliding, banging, glidingtemperature scorching April 24,…
She Knows
I wonder how she knowswhen words have not been saidmy need not to impose,to suffer quietly instead. When words have not been saidand pride gets in the way,misfortunes that I…
Fire
Recitation of Fire by Renee She could have waited until he was in his bedroom but she didn’t want him to die in the fire or even to know she…
Touch
the memory hurts more than her touch ever could innocent victim misunderstood pain and confusion emerge now and then through fear and desire she’ll touch me again
I feel like writing
I feel like writing a haiku but I don’t know how. This is my first. March 7, 2013
Came
Recitation of Came by Renee I came into his atmosphere Indignant, Angry Like Katrina He smiled Motherfucker My hand came across his cheek Swiftly, Unforgiving Like retribution His lips came…
Forbidden
Recitation of Forbidden by Renee come close let me taste you as my teeth break your skin heavenly and forbidden you make me wanna sin drench me in your sweetness…