“I could tell you my stories but that won’t undo them. The opposite: to tell you my stories is to solidify them. To think the unthinkable. Make real my reality. Tongue it. Tangible. And here I could insert a metaphor about mountains and climbing. Upward motion. Fist in the air like a warrior. But I’m tired of that. In my poems I say things like “I want to kick in my father’s teeth” because it’s true. I round-house kick a boxing bag and pretend I am kicking in my father’s teeth. If I had the chance I would kick in my father’s teeth. Afterwards I would shatter. And I want to say It’s not possible to shatter any more than I already have but I’ve learned that’s not true. It’s always possible to shatter more. Pain is an abyss. We know this.” –from “Wired: 29 Short Stories