April rained 3 birds Onto our front porch Poorly-inflated balloons they, their Fetal fledgling claws, their Yellow smiles, half-baked Turnèd … More
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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
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 … More
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, … More
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 … More
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
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
Hey, chatGPT, paint me a religion in tempera that I’ll believe
Us, poached
Cringe, Coral
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 … More
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 … More
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
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 … 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
Mercy. Road. Thrill.
What is: Kill
Sparrow at the bullfight
Sparrow at the bullfight: On that blade, Dragonfly, Alight
Elephant, arise
elephant, arise laugh, die in the full blast of your hyena sunrise
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
Elephant, walk on by
elephant, listen for the change follow watchfully behind bury your dead gather sticks walk on by her bowerbird grave
Just a elephant doing elephant things
salmon shall run no more bears shall sit their haunches eddies shall pass them by they shall fish no more … More
Crow decides, Crane rues
Crow makes a decision Crane rues his folly Crow, ”I shall land … there.” Crane, “Had I only … “ … More
Of crows the left-behind
This winter sees the bitternings of crows the left-behind of crows unsuited for flight of crows ill-equipped for animosity of … More
That breach dolphin
that breach dolphin, navy-grey, chose her final exhale into the ship’s screw, the whale
How do we, dolphin, kill him, shark?
How do we, dolphin, kill him, shark? How do we, eel kill her, urchin? How do we, bee, kill him, bird?
Then Hong Kong, the snowboard, the concussion, the Matthew Sweet, the TS Eliot
@ LTF … Then Hong Kong, the snowboard concussion, the Matthew Sweet, the Peper-gone, Haley her mother, her migraines, her … 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
She bloom a hate flower through the bone crack
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