Knife and Milk
citrus youth
Tropicana morning
[tragedy of the Rubix Cube]
recess kickball rolling across the asphalt playground
orange peels and sandwich crumbs in parka pocket
Red Dye #2 afternoon
bug juice coming out the nose
back home, picking at scab until it bleeds
cupboard full of immaculate tin cans
a fish called tuna
spitting heinous mayonnaise
samurai tongue cuts stalks of celery
rime and wheat bread
Jack Frost in the backyard
each shadow, a parody of emotion personified
Channel Eleven: Sunset Boulevard
Her Claws, Her Claws
Jonathan Hayes lives in San Francisco, California. He has taught poetry at 826 Valencia – a writing center for children – located in the Mission District of the City.