Automoan 

He says he lost a tooth.

“I lost a tooth, I lost a tooth.”

A very adult excuse.

The sound of a tree branch

sends me for lawn shears.

He gives me the room number

through the phone.

His life is walked into

by me one more time

with cookies.

House Party 

Was your bedroom this color

last time I was here?

Alisha seemed angry about the tab.

Alisha seemed angry about the Philadelphians.

The porch is a painted amphibian.

It’s cold-raining for a reason:

an observant ghost stole the dollar

Alisha left to tip the barkeep.