Category: testsOfStrength
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
Young lieutenants at End-Evening-Nautical-Twilight
180 miles east of Los Angeles’ pointless summers ran shaven, heady, lieutenants low-spark’d, high-heel’d, bat-faced wayward boys, they counted coup … More
Sometimes we have to decide, is all
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Why chase fear when
war not got me speed not sped me through air not felled nor failed nor reserved and fell not out … More
In visit to a fatherless god
were the sickening of swallows nowlet us go to church my friend you and i spread out against the sky … More
Who knew the gift was merely
the sugar ship stands out of the water for it gave away rust suns itself in the open air and … More
Shanghai lil insisted
shanghai lil insisted on that suicide, pill on that self-deny, still. she shoved souls unwilling to be revealed. she said … More
Maggie may would have
maggie may would’ve had something to say but the telecaster in her heart was the moment i blew apart unlike … More
When you believe in things you dont understand
that son is undone though wobble and shake on that tornado day, his dog knew his soul sat well away. … More
You chose the wrong inferno, you fool!
their only son is undone through wobble and shake his yearned-for earthquake (“yer a good man, charlie brown”) score whores … More
Grant me the earthquake
devoid of sway the only son is undone through wobble and shake the yearned-for earthquake does that boy love another … More
To the seaside church
to the seaside church the many-headed god removes barnacles the thirty years growth from the dying reef where starfish do … More
The feet of the sparrow stand on the sinner’s tongue
the feet of the sparrow stand on the sinner’s tongue and the tongue of that newly-dead.
Hers not that gift
his dog knew their souls in the nearby her boy flatout unable to die and her’s not that gift to … More
That sickening of swallows
that sickening of swallows sang “ when you believe in things you don’t understand then you suffer “ from burning … More
The wobble, the shake
that son is undone though wobble and shake on that tornado day,his dog knew his soul sat well away.
Jesus and the ray say “hey!”
“ we never listened , would never care , so you too will sleep with the dogs at the bottom … More
Jesus cross-legged, at ocean bottom
jesus said, “ hey! i’ll sleep here til you also , arise, and , sink to the bottom , where … More
Maggie may would not have
dressed in drag to avoid being a fag maggie may would’ve had something to say but the telecaster in her … More
That troll friar and the young girl
after the bread the men shall not be soothed the wife at hands-over-face the son is a clench the father … More
Bird in mouth
their mouths open,the transoms beg,they await the weep-weep of wingsthrough their lipsthe murmur,the tip-tap trace of love on one’s lip.
Jesus flies a kite
I has found that goat with the leech on his throat Among the pines at lean in the treeline: There … More
Red herring boy (the first report is always wrong)
there are the stacks of want like scouts blowing forth fire and all happens in ribcage meadows Come mountain out of … More
This man loved cat-dancing
this man loved cat-dancing as he kissed other men counted coup on within, without, cat-dancing stayed with him all then, … More
Against show tunes and pinafores
each ride’s a suicide un petit mort of petites fours and inside petty wars against show tunes and pinafores against … More
Hey jude, you’ll do
it spans continents and years of looks and miles of books for answers to score whores of niggers on each … More
There were skin grafts
there were broke bones there were skin grafts among the shot-to-death seraphs yer a good man, Charlie Brown (his dog … More
You got the wrong inferno, you fool
Eve said you got the wrong inferno, you fool it’s the one over there you you waving the wrong page … More
Carbuncles beat wing backwards
the mournings of thirty barnacling years where carbuncles beat wing backwards on slender bendy branch miss the grip one once … More
Toujours l’audace
( l’audace l’audace toujours l’audace ) was for other little men not of crossed arms or crossed wills i gave … More
Be there that blowfish
be there that blowfish “none shall pass, motherfucker” this is no way to live getting one’s shit pushed in like … More
One weaves a cocoon
one weaves a cocoon ’round one’s shoulders one is a collapsed heart a lumbago awaits the rains following soon the … More