I came out of the womb in a birthing squat. My pen is the fruit of my life’s labor — the written story. To blow the lid off my own life...

I was eating molten cheese, the kind that comes out of a spout, from Taco Bell. I was a high school senior, hopeful actress, crashing at...

the cowlick on the back of my head is in the shape of a vortex. a whirlpool yeah, that’s the word. I always thought that patch of hair...

we’re in the elevator falling floors away from summer in the next room, where September spins on a loom, a half-held moon catches our...

“Why do you always wear black?” “I’m in mourning for my life.” —Masha The Seagull To be alive is to mourn. Beds where we once rested our...

tonight I shaved my bush off for no reason other than to have one singular thing in my life that feels smooth and to create the illusion...

On a Wednesday morning, I’m cleaning an Airbnb for cash. Texas is hot. Severe heat warnings hot. Film work is slow. The thought of a 12...

“We have to get on the floor.” I said, “When this song comes on, we have to stop what we’re doing and get on the floor.” It was...

do you remember the ghost deer when we were so high out of our damn minds coming off that sunset hike in Zion. we couldn’t tell if they...

mother, I’ve left for the circus. mother, I won’t be home when supper is ready, the sound of the cow bell, the porch light left on....

A new year’s resolution: This year I would like to be the person who helps the laundry make its way back into the drawers. And I’d like...

“I’m living my best bachelor life,” I say. In minutes,“hey Jen, you wanna kiss me, Jen?” We’re kissing in the street. Night. Warm air....

I was programmed from birth, that my worth need be validated by men. 2 years into my life as an out queer person, while navigating a long...

there’s a particular kind of rain thunderous. mad rain pours down from buckets then gone that rain that rain reminds me of fucking you in...

Taos // February 2021 A reprieve with loved ones just after weathering one of the worst storms ever to hit Texas. And an excerpt written...

I looked this way throughout most of 2020 and well into 2021. Hair in a knot, a haphazard combination of clothing, always involving a...

I wonder if you quit people. you know, the way you quit cigarettes steadfast but hidden round the back I wonder if you make love or if...

before the sex: a party hung around till tail lights only us then he slid hands I started to cry “we don’t have to.” and “Do you like to...

I wanna be your cowboy. strike that. I wanna be the horse yeah, I wanna be that horse who carries you. I want heartbeats synced and grass...

there’s blood stains on every pair of panties I own I stuck em in a bowl and dyed them all black I’ve had an IUD for ten years and had a...