"We sit on a splintered teak bench,

shaded in a cloister of soft white petals"

'menil park (kissing a girl)'

as published in my interview in Alien Buddha Zine #36

'ode to an oyster'

a poem published in Olney's Winter 2022 issue

"i smoke bowls 
on her balcony and 
write poems about 
her bassist fingers and 
the topaz in her eyes"

"you called me an ass & kissed the bridge of my nose 
we dozed off with our limbs intertwined"