I knew it the minute he mentioned north and south Italy. “It’s very different. North and south Italy. Have you been there?” He’s from close to Rome, and I have family born in Sicily. I have an Australian passport in my closet. I consider myself a global citizen. “No,” I tell him growing bored of the conversation and already forgetting how we met in the first place. “I haven’t been there.” His wife left him a month ago, and you...
Left (out) Verse The problem they have is that I never (lose faith) Care about. This bullshit. Promise. Like a man (LOL) will do better; When he is simply a piece of a list… In a westernly indépendant age I accept all U.S. “men” (our) are women; But I still wish I could meet a real “man” - Even though I can succumb to even… Put on a facade to appease the “clan”? When I look up, I only. See heaven. Bound. Please. My life is...
There has been summer weather in New York City all week. And while I realize the need to grieve our environment - it's helped my mood. Oddly enough... last night... for the first time, ever: I went ice skating in Rockefeller Center. One of my friends came through to work on cheering me up. Sometimes, I can be very lucky. My friend came and picked me up last night around seven. I drank Hennessy at a bar called Lily, because the rooftop deck Henry...
guardia di attraversamento abbiamo detto tutti quella due di noi incontrato sulla 5th Avenue in New York città. non l'ha fatto. mai - no. siamo stati... entrambi dicendo. bugie dall'inizio: always together... quando ha lasciato proprio quando Rimasi sola... al centro. crossing guard we told everyone that the two of us met on 5th avenue in new york city. he did not. ever - no. we were… both telling. lies from the start: sempre insieme… when...
seraphic tumbling The weather turns cold and brown. Eyes shift blue. I’m looking up. No longer at the ground. (Blue like the sky, not bark and sap - like you…) Beyond false touch or falsity of sound; This is me. Closed. You once k(n)ew me - unwound. My strings now tightened to an unknown tone. (For you to explore? While my wrists were bound?) Playing my song in the moonlight - alone. Cowards watch screens while the brave ones hit streets. I...