Joe, NPO

cloverleaving through the night cleaving unto what’s right seething is disbelieving: – they chickens , they goats – “don’t trust … More

Green can of red smoke

captain, my captain yours was a heart kept in a green can of red smoke. jack, dog

captain, look at me your bolt extractor eyes jack, dog

them heathen took you, my captain, yes you, my captain my commander, my every thing my only thing yes, you, … More

for every soldier left my command a broken glass there is a bird that waits in a mountain pass nazareth … More

if only i knew that table rock that saddle gap i would lie me there until i too, turn to air … More

burn me on a bier of wood from my father’s shotgun shack from the bones of his broken back sleep one … More

the dog by the captain’s coffin it is time them heathen took my captain, yes him, my captain the commander, my every … More

(midnight mass in maryland) Down amongst the pews,After the unruly brown childrenThe collapsed heap of stones in tweedIl Monsignor put … More