
A feral kitten on the grounds of the Cloisters Museum in New York City.
(2008)

A feral kitten on the grounds of the Cloisters Museum in New York City.
(2008)
forsooth!
bending bone back
afore tearing tense tooth
tacked a terrifying taut thwack
on track
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I had no plans to write tonight, but then I fell during my evening run. I chipped a tooth, cracked my lip, and have a pretty nasty abrasion on my chin.
I was feeling a bit low, so I wrote a little something to make myself feel better.
Tomorrow – the dentist!
A grotty zombie claws at my gate
He’s covered in grime from floor to pate
If only he would take a bath
He would cease to feel my wrath

A man playing frisbee on Haeundae beach/해운대에서 프리스비를 잡는 남자
(after William Carlos Williams)
I have collected
the transgressions
that were in
the apse
and which
you were probably saving
for confession
Forgive me
they were impure
so vulgar
and so exquisite
rain roosts on shoulders
straining under tired textbooks
after school slumber
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Korea is currently experiencing its annual 장마/rainy season.
Dripping
Stripping
Tripping
Sipping
In the wake of dripping, stripping facts,
Love lingers low, tripping sipping acts.

A woodpecker hard at work./딱따구리는 열심히 일한다

The entrance to the old Public Library of Pasadena.
(2012)
Lies unfold askance through a peevish portal.
While devotion hesitates, mirthful moments
Lurch in churlish rhythm by mangled masses,
Slaying old treaties.