Hell: a white bowl
in shards, soup
drips to the floor.
Sun through the door.
Brown linoleum,
puddled blood.
A wisp of smoke
from a spent brass shell.
Canto et Respondu
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Wooden Man
Skeletal, twelve twigs
tied, strings
wrapped at the joints.
A wooden man
hangs from a tree
mottled brown
Against dark northern greenery.
He swings, catching the wind
again and again and again.
tied, strings
wrapped at the joints.
A wooden man
hangs from a tree
mottled brown
Against dark northern greenery.
He swings, catching the wind
again and again and again.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Nerves
Some unclean thing
has seen into my soul.
I am sick with it --
its many reptile faces,
Its cold, dead eye.
Its lips clap together
and his many minions
tear my body to shreds.
Bless us, oh Father,
forgive us our sins.
Give me back to the angels
though I have grown thin.
has seen into my soul.
I am sick with it --
its many reptile faces,
Its cold, dead eye.
Its lips clap together
and his many minions
tear my body to shreds.
Bless us, oh Father,
forgive us our sins.
Give me back to the angels
though I have grown thin.
Lion In Rut
One tawny paw
massive as a child
rests velvet
on a straw-colored back.
He is in his prime.
He roars, and she submits.
It fits like a fist
in a glove.
Love on the hot savannah,
a wild rutting
and steaming meat.
A feast.
massive as a child
rests velvet
on a straw-colored back.
He is in his prime.
He roars, and she submits.
It fits like a fist
in a glove.
Love on the hot savannah,
a wild rutting
and steaming meat.
A feast.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
A Little Bit of Truth To It
Have you finally wearied
of the firing squad?
Whatever their excuses,
they and their bullets bore me. I look forward
To surprises for once.
People can still surprise me.
of the firing squad?
Whatever their excuses,
they and their bullets bore me. I look forward
To surprises for once.
People can still surprise me.
Number
A friendly face,
a warm place:
reminders of tears I've shed
At kindnesses shown me.
The bumblebee
swerves to miss flailing
arms, fat little arms
of the children we once were.
Loneliness had yet to meet us.
This winter the government
sent no checks. The line
outside St. Anthony's is alive
with hubbub and rapport.
Slop, salad and a bit of bread,
the prayer of St. Francis above the door.
Do not scorn me. You are bored
with the silence in my head.
Sit a while and let it sink in.
a warm place:
reminders of tears I've shed
At kindnesses shown me.
The bumblebee
swerves to miss flailing
arms, fat little arms
of the children we once were.
Loneliness had yet to meet us.
This winter the government
sent no checks. The line
outside St. Anthony's is alive
with hubbub and rapport.
Slop, salad and a bit of bread,
the prayer of St. Francis above the door.
Do not scorn me. You are bored
with the silence in my head.
Sit a while and let it sink in.
List
The psychopaths' campaign of lies
Aimed at the gaping hole in my side.
Mockeries of thoughts I've had.
A man's face falls. He is sad
To see what I should never know:
Scarlet droplets on blank snow.
Aimed at the gaping hole in my side.
Mockeries of thoughts I've had.
A man's face falls. He is sad
To see what I should never know:
Scarlet droplets on blank snow.
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