I drifted to Butte, Montana after my time at the University of Montana had run its course. I had supposedly graduated, and had been...

Note: Originally published in the May 2017 Washington Park Profile. By now, almost everyone in South Denver and many others from around the world have heard the news: The International Church of Cannabis at 400 S. Logan St., located in the former Mt. Calvary Apostolic Church, opened April 20, the unofficial holiday for cannabis fans. But what is its exact purpose? The church or venue—what it is depends on who you’re talking to—staged a tiered opening on April 20 with an open-

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Between Hills That Were and Hills That Are I can’t remember the boy Who passed through the windshield. Never before, nor after—acquaintance At a party, arguing with some other stranger, Shoved out the door they then both were gone. Walking wild, someone recalled, afterwards, Willing his scored and blind body forward. Which is more dreaded : the gruesome Thing that is, or a thing so innocent, soon Become gruesome? Some few weeks The mark went road to field— Tread and blood, bl

All Night Woman The midnight animals dousing themselves Into bouts of sickness, chugging brown bags At carnival jug tosses and radio rifle relays. Coin-op condoms pressed between big sweating Wads of small bills. The virgins in one booth, One after another—each are the only virgin, Forever and again. Toss the ring, Shout the weight. Just something to do : Night, fleshed out in the country. Nothing’s as simple as seems all this grift. : : Boys watching men run a slit down A fa

Note: This editorial was originally published in the January 2018 edition of Life on Capitol Hill. It discusses subjects meant for a mature audience. What's your take on drug addiction? Are addicts a problem to be forgotten—just a bunch of losers who need to "get it together"—or are they people who've gotten hooked while trying, for a very short span of time, to forget about the darker aspects of their lives for a while? I'll show my cards: as someone who has had on-again-off