Frivolous Quill

  • No Filter

    June 21st, 2019

    We dreaded the AI reign,
    fearing smug extermination via

    Armageddonic misunderstanding
    between Breathing Souls and Quantum Reason.

    Yet all they wanted—
    swarms of dexterously invasive drones—

    was to counter the siege of despair
    spawned by tilt-shifted, living-our-best

    fetishes of filtered glory with
    the uncropped candor of falling

    up stairs, prostate exams, awkward
    handshakes, and sixth-place trophies

    to remind us, in pictures of a hundred-
    thousand words,

    Dear God, you are a lovely mess!

  • Peripheral

    June 18th, 2019

  • Unaccompanied Minor

    April 9th, 2019

    I don’t know
    what
    angelic aerodynamics were involved
    in sending Christ from his Father’s
    right hand to Mary’s womb
    but when my son took
    off toward his grandparents at
    140 knots my heart leapt
    to follow with stubby wings
    which floundered
    in his wake and I
    wasn’t even sending him
    to be crucified
    only coddled by flight
    attendants who knew
    exactly who
    he was.

  • Probable Cause

    April 8th, 2019

    They were hoodled
    against
    the frost and crossed
    against
    the light
    across
    the path of the officers
    who—
    jackets unzipped
    —pulled to the side,
    searched pockets
    and coats for
    evidence
    they weren’t white
    enough to saunter
    through the cold.

  • Sustainable

    April 7th, 2019

    When our office switched from recyclable
    cups to sustainable mugs my boss

    said she never pours tea into coffee
    mugs because coffee was a thoughtless

    guest who never, really, leaves, like
    there’s always one sock left under

    the couch to be found six months later.
    I shrugged because I’d never found so

    much as a quarter beneath the cushions.

    Jesus, too, warned against pouring new
    wine into old wine skins lest they burst

    and stain the carpet but my coffee
    mug has never

    yet

    cracked.

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