I would sleep with James Franco as Allen Ginsberg And Allen Ginsberg would sleep with James Franco As James Dean. Woof, woof and a howl. James Franco makes me growl. At the office I think about James Franco As more than just performance art. At my desk and in my poems— I take him seriously, I write into him real hard. Woof, woof and a howl. I...Learn More

At the St. Mark’s baths Hart Crane washes my hair And I tilt around the cold porcelain of the basin With strain and delight, trying to look at him But before I meet his sea-tempered eyes I feel his hands easing my head Into the dark water As if he were a sailor calming a storm On a ship with insatiable men When he tugs at the ropes that are my...Learn More

For a long time I would not go to bed. You’ll remember those months and the sky Like the tip of a finger dipped in wax. Every time I felt pleasure I held my breath— Why did you write over that line in your letter? The snow made me forget how hot the blood is. How another person can step into a room, As if out of a painting, And offer me a...Learn More

My father's first job in America was washing dishes In an upscale suburban restaurant he hated so much He'd bring the food home and never touch it Would rather go hungry than live on that food My mother and I stayed up waiting for him Every night like a ritual—school night, Saturday Night, we stayed up—distracting ourselves by Telling Bulgarian...Learn More