Index card.Assyrian, Joseph the. I guess that’s what’s meantabout someone from Syria,or what used to be Syria. My yellow more pure isthan commercial cake.Summer watermelon,two kinds of seeds of.One will grow in me,the other will growto my new life become. Activists have alreadyto court taken this poemso don’t worry so. I am waking to wake … Continue reading The Art Vote
Category: Poems
Rush baby
I gave allof the Red Sox arm bands20 good workouts before I decided:the Chinese equivalent is better. Advertise an earthquake.No one buys painexcept to buy it off.Scramble dollarsto shootparity down.Only organ transplant helicoptersalso die in the process. Eider down,sea level up. The weight you've lostwill grow backlike a hungry neutronwhen the Inuitwear designer sunglassesmade out … Continue reading Rush baby
The Tropics
Every summer I learn the constellations over again. Like tonight I thought hey I’ll camp out, let the white light of stars freckle my forehead. And under the meshof my tent I think all sorts of things as I oglethose way-out stars. Where I’ve been lately,and how I came to be here now. This is the Dominican Republic, this is New Amsterdam. This night a dark little … Continue reading The Tropics
Stand by Me, Later
Let’s talk socially.The people you live close to can hear you through the hills.I never wanted to bring theto bring the bag of chips to your party toto feel the cold of your doorknob.The bag is empty but for saltat the bottom. The bottom ispre-hypertension. So be.Relax. Digging for pennies underthe porch isn’t a bad idea.Just don’t find … Continue reading Stand by Me, Later
Once upon a time in Belleville
But I hide behind the spa I had installed.Gravel and country clubs and khoury league.Stoners in the high schools,Businesses long ago come and go.East end, west end — what’s the difference.It’s not city, it’s not country. What is it?People call it Bellevue. They’re like, “Oh yeah, you’re from Bellevue….”Sometimes I correct them.Fast food, soft serve, … Continue reading Once upon a time in Belleville
Word sketch #7
Laptop sideshow Bob marine monkey rail ghost town Santa Rosa sound line jumpers Lovers of the land ticking clock summer broken windowsthe last grain of sand I cannot count forever & what then?
Metaphysical sketch #1
Pervasive lifeis the height of chaos.And curiosity.—The loss of heat to spaceis entropyand so ash order;—We wait againto bubble up as life.Call it energy if you like...Using ourselves as another ending,the next new beginning;—
Antwerping
Your toes against me moved,your "best feet." You were told.Morning herald camealong wearing shades.My window open all night.Heels on the cobblestone streetand I can't help but looking.Down to the plaza and someonedrinking coffee, unfolding a bicycle.Your best feet against me moved.Heels on the cobblestone streets.Not finishing upstairs,walking alone with frites.If you weren't the only one … Continue reading Antwerping
California Haiku
1
The morning fit with fog —
Morro's stacks and stone
just barely visible
2
Tide goes in and out —
never the same,
always the same
3
Standing on rocks
waiting for the tide
to go down
4
Sketching the ocean,
my fingers wet
with charcoal
5
Felled by beer,
I pass out while it's still light
in California
Literally
The windows the
windows. I’m tired of
being the next
great poet you’ve never heard of.
Really,
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