Status Updates From When My Brother Was an Aztec

“The worst part he said was he was still alive. The worst part he said was he wasn’t even dead. I think he’s right, but maybe the worst part is that I’m still imagining the party, maybe the worst part is that I can still taste the cake.”

“There’s no such thing as gentle weeping.
Your gray guitar
is my sister - the whole in the chest
gives you both away.” pg 23

“The crime’s not so much, but they don’t belong to you
What’s a wild bird like you need with whiteman shoes?” pg 33

I bet you thought you’d seen the last of me

Naked blue boy put down your pipe. They found your shoes on the meadow. Mom’s and Dad’s hearts are overripe.