You open the door to find her with her hand outstretched. She wrenches you through the double doors of the elevator Out of the apartment building, Into a starry August night. You tighten your...

Day after day, Chasing after a B We’re just bored little kids We don’t get to run free   Just kidding, there’s no way We’ll get anything below an A We lock ourselves up And...

  I am just a tree.   The birds and squirrels divide me up And live peacefully on my branches. As I watch over all, I see the cycle of life Occur over and over again, but not...

The tear-stricken girl  Sniffs and takes the chair next to me. I fish a pack of tissues out of my backpack and offer one to her.   I want to ask her What made you this way? So broken,...