go on your bike ride!
your rejection is painful
much like her spelling!

i hear your mean words
they echo inside my bones
hollowed out heart ache

when you call me "her" -
dismissive-ness permeates
i'm already gone.

sipping my coffee
i enjoy silent moments
or assume i would

"of course," he adds quickly,
blue shining in his grey eyes,
he doesn't mean it.

my cat detests me
we lock eyes as she's pooping
and i feel the threat

work stress, finally,
is relieved through fingertips,
and glasses of beer

rain, rain, go away
children's songs take on meaning
when you grow older

the house is painted
a new gloss on its old bones
lipstick on a pig

floating prison bus
marketed as "team event"
introverts beware

bathroom etiquette
my strategic stall usage
recognizing shoes.

awake, no alarm,

finds me humming happily

life's simple pleasures

liquor lubricant

for our well oiled friendship

laughter heals the heart.

i have been replaced
for someone who cannot spell
hurts more than i dreamed

you are still alive
i speak of you in past tense
burying my grief.

our conversations
sharing word snacks, calories,
the filling of souls

the leftover girl
when table is full of food
i still get the crumbs

was, instead of is,
already using past tense
as if you were dead

my dog eats petals
it's the only way she hunts
rips them from the plant

wind chime lullaby
a musical weather vane
pointing me to sleep

my stress might kill me
but then, so might cars or planes,
passive aggressive

denim day at work
which is every day at work
nothing is special

gamification:
wearing fitbit during sex
activity whore.

forgot my quarter

no grocery cart for me

i stole their basket!

six days too early

we stood in the parking lot

reconfigured plans

yellow coffee cup
my morning's joe ritual
slow start to my day.

thoughts, they scratch against

me like bra strap tags on skin,

vague, unseen torment

sun shower falling
cold, wet drops on my warm skin
illogical day.