I am 22. Andrew is 33. He is so mysterious, so adult. I find him incredibly sexy. I am a waitress and work part time at a non-profit.

You want to be an angel,
and when you are dead you will
still want to be an angel,
and you will be meat,
and you will be dead.

afternoon settles
quite ready into evening
like the sand
through the fibres
of our towels.

There’s often a soft yet ferocious rumble that escapes the inner gall of the
looming tunnel before a gush of wind wisps behind tucked thighs

There’s a shine off long grass
Cut grass lacks, long enough
To twist and bend sunward,
To bounce light from every edge

For the Fire From the Straw by Heidi Lynn Nilsson: Review by Cameron MacKenzie

The themes of Heidi Lynn Nilsson's For the Fire from the Straw are large: violence; lust; insanity; guilt; love. To ratchet up the stakes even further, these themes are explored through a relentless testing of the word God, resulting in a collection that is a remarkable blend of faith, intellect, and physicality.