Xanadu
 

A flimsy, thin thread encapsulates your body. It works its way through your epidermis, retina, cochlea, And finally—your parietal lobe....

Following the rules is easy— Go on green, stop on red. Yet a ruby red Mustang  Blazes past the first stop sign. Red means stop. Follow...

My eardrums are hollow. Your voice gets lost in the canyon — I can’t hear you. Butchered affirmations and sermons of tender sentiment....

Dust settles on the book cover. Every chapter has dog-eared pages, with scribbled  notes in the margin. The spine is cracked and crooked,...

Grab your portmanteau Start moving—we’re walking to the Chateau  Stone windows, art nouveau  Distant cousins dressed like hoes Take...

I look at my heart placed so carefully upon the porcelain plate. Same place as always with only one new addition. Utensils stick out,...

That night, all I knew was pain. Like needles piercing my soft skin, tears rolling down my face. Sobs echoed in my room as I thought that...

Fast feet at the ring of alarm bells Cafeteria sit down chats and soggy taco shells  Security guards suspecting back room bails ...

Depths of winter,   silence  blankets the world,   my scars lie like fallen leaves,   each one a testament to the cold,   each one of...

my mom plants a garden in my heart. she tends to the yellow tulips and the purple hydrangeas. me, a flower— i can do very little for her....