Five Novellas
Falling on the MTA
Girl reading Palahniuk
on the J-train
with the plastic toy snake
for a bookmark
I am already in love.
Second Kiss
It’s the second kiss
I’ll always remember.
The one where
she pressed me back
against the chain-link.
Deeper Marks
Her fingertips
on my cheek
left deeper marks
than her scratches
on my back.
Statements
When I was eighteen
I showed my grandfather
my new tribal armband.
He showed me his faded battleship,
bearing Nanna’s name.
Halves
She feigned everything by halves.
Half closed eyes;
half parted legs emerging
from a half-hiked skirt
had the whole of my attention.
The Erotic Writer 
Raz,
little erotic moments, splendid!
Paul.