A triangle
with one long side
and two very short
sides
is not much of
a triangle
It is me
discovering the internet
a fourth line
to double the degrees
to create a rhombus—
one that makes sense
only in 3-d.
cow angel
clown angels
cow clowns
What I am talking about is
the whole white chandelier thing
the whole e-mail
not just the part that
has been blacked out—
what did it say, black
lace maybe?
see through?
just the thought of
my body doin one thing
my mind in
another place entirely…
And now we’ll sit down
and our chairs’ll
scratch the floor
and we’ll
smoke cigarettes
drink coffee
try not to think
about anything else
just try to get
through the morning,
the evening
the night,
this bad
this bad thing
this bad thing
happened to them
the sound of sirens
I hate the sound of
sirens, like
cash machines
ringing, and no one
there to close
the drawer
police police cars in the
driveway I look out
and what looks like my
car is bigger and has
a light array on top.
I am crouching
waiting for the
knock on the door
waiting for the moustached men
To Kick It In
he knew this day
would come,
they’ll say,
he knew this day would come,
but not so soon.
The Writing of John B. Randall 