I fall asleep
over my open notebook
and my cappuccino
the barista takes a picture
and jestingly calls it
the poet at work
My great uncle would take my mother
grocery shopping when she was a young girl
and let her try the fruit as they walked through the market
grapes or plums or apricots or apples
telling her it was free as long as she
finished it before they reached the register.
holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature and an M.A. in English Literature from
California State University, Long Beach. His work has appeared or is forthcoming
in Pearl, Re)verb, genre, Conceit, and Bank-Heavy Press’s Kisses
with Fishes. He currently resides in Orange County, California.