Standalone

24 poems. Ages 8-13. First published at age 13 in 1986 — 150 copies printed for open house and the local library. Where it started.

30 poems. Ages 15-17. Raw teenage self-consciousness, honest and unguarded. The questions that never get answered.

One epic poem. 2,432 lines covering an entire life arc. 72 pages of everything.

76 poems. The American Psycho corridor. Not grotesque — clinical. The rot underneath the surface.

108 poems. Dark humor with teeth. The cute thing that bites.

132 poems. Written while living in the hospital with his mother for 8 months. She went in for a sliver. Had a heart attack. Her foot was amputated. She died there. These are not metaphors.

57 poems. Firsts. Every kind. The ones you remember and the ones you wish you could forget.

95 poems. What burns and what barely makes a sound. Both do damage.

50 poems. Depression is not one color. It is fifty.

113 poems. Love after it has been through the weather. Still there. Changed.