Dread the harvest decades hence the children of Golda’s army of orphans
Category: space
FDR. Bibi. Bush.
knew.
She’d have hung her Persian flag, all upside-down tulip, over the terrace like any moonshine clitoris (Nick Cave concert, DC, 2023)
if not for her being trapped in the cheap seats Lying to her new friends about it all.
Opium-addled herons return to roost
Wasps, once having flown Past Bobbing islands of our own making Littoral trenchworks Synthetic archipelagos Set Provinces aflame Get Under … More
Birdwatchers in Beijing laugh, watch the addled swallows of your Opium Wars return to roost … cuidado amigo
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 … More
1,000-year-old Palestinian olive trees burnt down by Israeli settlers
Observe,the riverine coals that were once the heart,the entrail intestines of olive treesturnèd as marrow the splintered bones of your … More
Give a Zionist a badge …
Filastine, get thee to the Sinai, the Sahel, christen thy Muslim hell
Upon once meeting the Queen of Persia (Nick Cave concert, DC, 2023)
After her father’s death: She had expected an uplifting She had foreseen an exaltation There had been signs There were … More
She looks totally Persian, but man, she, she is pure Mongol (Nick Cave concert, DC, 2023)
she’ll rip your lungs out, Jim
Annabelle al Austin
Fred’neck “I’m easy << Neither of us is easy Mayfair “I knew you could have made that travel more cheaply … More
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 … More
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
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 … More
“Crows are smart”
T told me: “Crows are smart” then “You’re a different person from when you walked in here, your posture, the … More
Sevilla: The elephant he come for the bull
The elephant he come for the bull the nod of heads, the “ Okay, my friend … “ the trunk … More
Our son took wing without a prayer
Last night When the moon reeled When the gulfstream veered: Off the white cliff Took wordless wing Our son, sans … More
The mine, she always win
Eats her youngLike her brother the church
She aborted, I yielded
Imperative Summer with Sadie, College Park, Maryland, 1998 Dance with dog sisters in the sky, Fireflies and flickering stars, You … More
We are fine grasshoppers
We are a fine pair of grasshoppers, a-clutch the Craning, like us, Stalk Down the south branch Speargrass takes his … More
Un-jig, (traditional, as sung by the mother-in-law)
i had a daughter-in-law, where god often will put a jaw, that girl had a circular-saw she ripped my boy … More
This was the worst victory
At the 3 cuchillo strikes it take to put him down down This was the worst death, the worst fight, … More
This bull take the thunder over his knee
Bull feel the sword hit bone “Take your little boy bag and go home” Bull feel lightning spark “he take … More
Upon my friend encountering his first raptor
Like any discerning peregrine Your handsome hooded friend bore well away from the black-holes of carrion-crows Your condor sailed not … More
Back when refrigerators were iceboxes
Back when refrigerators were iceboxes, Dad worked for Texas Instruments When station wagons were bandaged in fake wood, Seatbelts never … More
Vampyra holler-hawks hand-jobs at the horse-race hoe-down
Vampyra holler-hawks handjobs Like them Pabst Blue Ribbon jerks To them underage Cracker Jack kids Still in hock to their hands Through … More
Vampyra drinks dangerous tea
Gargantua vampyra Rubs the femoral-vein Of her shrapnel side of beef Lolls That city-block Slab o’ tongue Over the icy … More
Insensible their overgrown hooves
Dessicated, Cheerleaders Shod in spikes Insensible, Their hypertensive hooves
What troubles the mule
What troubles the mule less the fetid, the loiter, the faeces, the longing, the foul-breath, the larceny of death … … More
Jerez: Our stones beg for a river
Our stones shear, like our religions. There’s the catch, the shiver. The believer, he beg for a river.
Contra-Panda Ops in the Savage Bamboo Wood
The Savage Bamboo Pandas resented Humberto peeking in, all paparazzo, measuring, taking notes. Panda-Wrangler Humberto said “Ohhhh eeeeeeeez gonnna cost … More
Savage Bamboo Wood: Pandas-On-Ice Parade
Ma SITREP: The Savage Bamboo Panda Mob is having a fine, rollicking good time. They strapped on bamboo shoots as … More