The Dream #23

The dream snapped open like a camera shutter, and there was no transition. One

Pale Pink

She arrived in the late afternoon, when the light had softened to a pale,

In Hangzhou

I met her on the bridge, just past the hour when the streetlights surrender

We Like You - Part I

The gallery was a suffocating crush of bodies, expensive cologne, and the hollow laughter

We Like You - Part 2 (Later on)

The iron gate was heavy, wrought iron painted a peeling, oxidized black. It stood

Thin and Breakable

The studio lights were brutal. They erased shadow, flattened depth, and turned the soft,