Father

I will admit
to having exacerbated
my abuse:

that does not make you
any less my abuser.


And though
I have trusted you
with my secrets,

is it not the person
who knows you best
hurts you worst?

Gesher

Where the power lines
ended
and the road
swerved
to the left
there was a clearing
so verdant
and lively
as to invoke
Narnia

Jewish Center

There are three doors out
and one door in,
watch the bottleneck
As the people
realize
that the exit
won't let them in

Second

I heard the dissonance
of my words
when I told you
I didn't want you to be her second choice,
that you deserved better.

Luckily,
you don't know what irony means.

Sper

The way her minivan
drove on the wrong
side of the road
so she could get
into the turn lane
at the red light,
made me realize
why her children
were so terrible.

Botany

Do not call me a rose.
I am not
to be shorn
of my thorns
and admired for my beauty.

Instead

call me a cactus
self-reliant
and needing little
of your care.

Drink from me
the cool water
which quenches your thirst.