faded tattoo
the memories
never forgotten

thick makeup
over a black eye
she does not look back

kissing in the park
love birds in the dark
I want to vomit

lean in close
for warmth first kiss
ashtray mouth

top quarter champion

TOP half Chamption

bottom quarter champion

I get to see her
every day
with someone else

he likes her
she likes him
but he's gay, right?

mother gone
I ask
who's dad with?

an ocean away
his last kiss
on her lips

TOP half champion

CHAMPION

BOTTOM half champion

hasty love poems
on scrap paper—
torn to shreds

single rose
with a lonely question
I check maybe

icy rain
waiting for your answer
I dance

love letters
the address isn't
hers

top quarter champion

BOTTOM half champion

bottom quarter champion

she comes back drunk
gotta take care of her
ruins my night too

Tuesday night
I pass another beer
over the fire pit

I find my name
in her suicide note
summer love

the band-aid
torn off quickly
breaking up