good words breed loyalty — and i been loyal on my back, spread across the railroad tracks, not feeling the sharp bed of rocks beneath me....

Hope is best when it feels like water, Immense, holy, ineffable, Patient enough to cleanse you, Soothing enough to rest inside, And let...

You can come to me broken I’ve been in the business of growing for a long time Digging holes and burying your roots Running my smooth...

My father smells of work, Like gasoline and metal and something spicy That the wind blows into my nose, And I can still smell him after...