We begged our children as bats To eat the insects of our existence To guide us deaf, lacking radar To…
On fire go horses to corral (San Joacquin Valley, 1991)
Condor wingbeat Eyes sharp for fresh meat Dive the chaparral On fire go horses to corral
Croatia, 1999: Father speaks to ferns
“I fail to feed your children I, mere stripling at-struggle with scree.” Up from the valley grass to the saddle…
Kosovo, 1999: Flowers have gone to children, every one
I forced did make the mountains a hard home for my children slender I forced on them such leaves and…
Your bolt extractor eyes
captain, look at me your bolt extractor eyes jack, dog
jack, dog, dust
if only i knew that table rock that saddle gap i would lie me there until i too, turn to air…
jack, dog, speaks at the captain’s funeral
them heathen took you, my captain, yes you, my captain my commander, my every thing my only thing yes, you,…
jack, dog, awakes (my sky fall down)
my sky collapsed like a continent my voice broke in that thin air before you up-seen, then carbine-down those…
Life-skills with Wesley
2-year old Wesley was perched on the reading room loveseat watching some kids channel. I had a jar of keto…
Choir director daddy says to delicate debutante daughter
“Repeat after me ‘Daddy, you’re as dead as daddy dead can be’ end…
Your anger will outlive your father
Too bad. So sad. Your angerWill outlive your dad. I’ll see to that.
April claws of the arthritic dead
April rained foetus birds on our artificial front porch Poorly-inflated balloons Tits-up Point the fledgling claws of the arthritic dead
April hasn’t eaten her young yet, busy redecorating
April lost her mind, 3 birds down, a shabby rain
April rained 3 birds Onto our front porch Poorly-inflated balloons they, their Fetal fledgling claws, their Yellow smiles, half-baked Turnèd…
Paper tiger father skips fire, goes straight to smoke
There shall be no plums this year of the Rabbit
Forgetful typhoons neglect their duties, they Wander, off-course, into harmless seas, to Awaken only sleepy anemones, leave Lonely, Our sad…
Array your daughter’s heart in a fistfuck of a Gordian knot
“okay, sweetie, press your luck.“
Grab yer daddy like a grudge
Hey, chatGPT, paint me a religion in tempera that I’ll believe
Us, poached
Cringe, Coral
ISIS carpetbaggers gone-wild
Bag of: man-on-boy adultery, of brother-v-brother slaughter Scout-leader spread like goat-butter Tenderfoot tethered, belly-down Bag of Al-Sadr, of it is…
Siblings and other suspects
for x in {} ; do ; Cheney|Rasputin –> Bush|Fudd.Elmer|0 ; sprintf { Clerk ^ Raptor ^ Cockroach } ;…
“If only my Daddy hadn’t been such a pussy.” (George) …
“If only my Daddy hadn’t been such a pussy.” (George) . . . “Who’s your Daddy!” (Dick)
Burden of family, unassumed
Word on the street is that Don is going to move, again. I’ve heard authoritative sources say that Don’s recovery…
Airborne refuses peace pipe, reach for gulping exhaust
Airborne refuses peace pipes, reach for gulping exhausts”breathe, soldier, breathe, keep the dime, on the, sightpost”Out the tailpipe in the…
Siblings and other brutes
for x in {} ; Chekhov::Zhivago ; Cheney/Rasputin::Bush/Elmer.Fudd ; McNamara::Rumsfeld ; Dulles.a::Dulles.jf ; Cheney::Chalabi::Piper.Pied.Ponzi ; Perle.Richard::Wolfowitz.Paul ; Bremer.JPaul{Jerry}::Jones.Jim ; Wilson.Charlie::Appleseed.Johnny…
Birdwatchers in Beijing watch the addled swallows of your Opium Wars return to roost … cuidado amigo
Out the tailpipe in the mouthpipe
Joe, NPO
cloverleaving through the night cleaving unto what’s right seething, disbelieving: they chickens they goats “don’t trust a man with a…
Song of the crow-keeper in the desert southwest, v0
That very afternoon among the licking of tattoos, the kissing of scars, that bevel edge, the dolphin side, the pain…
6-year old shoots teacher
¿ What 6-year old can load a round into a clip, insert the clip, pull back the slide to chamber…
Panic in the Baltimore Emergency Room w Ma … how much the casket?
Data-gap juggling ham-handed, fat-headed amateurs Shape-shifting them sands of speculation & surmise Experts in just the other room; whom among…
“Crows are smart”
T told me: “Crows are smart” then “You’re a different person from when you walked in here, your posture, the…