A letter, dear brother — I had every intention of only writing a list of S.O.P’s (standard operating procedures). A logical, well-thought-out letter, limited to introducing you, my dear brother, to some new rules, a.k.a. my boundaries! This piece of paper will consist mostly of prohibited topics of discussion. …

X-ray Nation — We are a snap shot of what should be obvious and often falls into oblivion No scam, technician or radiationist just fallen prey to the dis-ease of the day Our presence calling into account all we went without We are the mirror of your malaise a struggling hope on a…

No more —

Falling in to see — Caught off guard / shoved into hell / no more air for my heart/beating/ repeating /the why-why-why/ dun-dun, dun-dun, dun-dun bleating/a brain gone insane/ no safe place/my body floating/wrapped in the jagged-edged clouds of you/ tired and crusty eye opens/peers through/ fogged-up intuition/ hints of familiar damage to the core/…

On blast — I see you — red pencil circle around this title/ no shame left emblazoned on a notebook of blues/ dreamy-eyed imprints of time/vast numbers of thumb shots /their smudged residue collected and left inside — I see them the young girl without hope the boy being bullied and the bully too scared to go…

What remains —

Free-verse — In this white room softness of light three souls and I I am lying on a couch asleep and having a vision Seeing what the other women are doing while I sleep They are working on the mother on a table on the opposite side of the room Two daughters working…

Free verse —

A poemful of forgiveness — You are nothing but a spoiled brat Who wants her own way There are others to consider here You should be ashamed of yourself God forbid you are incapable of taking care of others If that happens, you will be nothin but a burden Handled and ignored There is no…