Are peanuts good for you

Is it good to eat peanuts everyday

What is the downside of too much peanuts

She unrolls me on the sheet

in the dim light of the hallway, a bed

sheet prone to pulling and without six legs,

a little lonely. Drips of protest stain the sides of

the mattress, as in

For my 27^th birthday, the only present I want is to fight Gerard Butler, possibly to the death. Romantic music will play in the background, a playlist made special for this occasion, because he must be the reason I am unlucky in love. He will be confused the whole time.

You should see the underwear I’ve got on. They’re so

beige, and ankle length with a waffle pattern.

That’s right, baby, long johns.

Does that make you hot? Yeah? Then please

let me press up against you.

It’s -20˚ before wind chill,

I haven’t felt my toes since Tuesday.

An erasure poem of the transcript of the Supreme Court hearing in Free Speech Coalition v. Ken Paxton, January 15, 2025

Before the vet’s house call

My tears perfumed your fur—

My wet dog remembering the river run

Your legs are too weak for today.

Leave it to the gay guys

who, like John Waters,

have a knack for making

even the trashy playful.

When I said yes to men, and I did, in the way of pulling loose the fog,

Disheveled, rangy, I could climb

the apple tree that bloomed obsessively

when days warmed and as summer cooled

dropped small bug-eaten fruit

Unholy union of convection and

convenience: Microwave Cookery.

A love letter to the 1980s.

‘Sour Cream Cherry Cake’, page 43,

it was part of your life for so long, you never realized it was supposed to be disgusting

it was never disgusting to you. it is not disgusting now.