red pen
not in correction
but connection
a written revival
red letter Bible
words of Jesus
may it please us
the rule of thumb, among
us creative types:
write what you know,
but not about one’s self.
the unholy trinity
of me, myself, and I
bouncing bullies in back alleys
against the dead end
of another wall
the past, stacked
against me
boxes, such are coffins
bodies of work
parchment
sloughing off like old skin,
yet the hair
and fingernails
growing long in the tooth.