another slow victory

 took a little break from daily writing after April 30. If you're interested in purchasing work I've been putting out, you can find 12 Haibun I wrote in this collection from Alien Buddha Press. I also have a split chapbook with Glen Binger and Donovan Sponaugle coming out on 5/18 via Two Key Customs. More on that in the coming weeks. We're so back, kids.

front seat, perfect view.
this is the pinnacle. another moment

I am the world/now/then. allow me
this bit of self-congratulation. allow me
to be the

center of a universe before the
knowledge sets in that I'm
just another rock/out here
/alone/screeching and putting hands
over my eyes as the sun turns its attention towards
me. I've

always wanted to be in the light. At least until
I stand face to face with whatever it reveals to me
and everyone
else caught looking at
the moment.

Napowrimo 4/17/26: The World is Tired

 Today's Napowrimo prompt considers a response to a favorite poem. I chose Franny Choi's "The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On"

I kept the ending for myself. Kept it on a VHS tape
and watched it when I needed to feel a sense of closure:
after filing my taxes or when I've come to the end of leftovers.
I know there will be more
of this fulfillment,
of this frivolous endeavoring
to come, but sometimes seeing the
short-term
ending
daunts me.

this wood paneled den, the VCR rewinds with the
push of a remote. Anticipation builds until
I am placed among the uncertain cataclysm
and the will they/won't they of diminished 
order.

I sink deeper into the chair and let that
old time fatigue, that good sleep
take me.
the end is never far, always waiting for me.

here, on my own
I just need to close my eyes
just a minute
let the world's end 
work its magic
and

I'll rest for just a little longer.