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She’d have hung her Persian flag, all upside-down tulip, over the terrace like any neglected clitoris (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, DC, 2023 after the book-signing)
If not for her being trapped in the cheap seats Lying to her new friends about it all
Let us not revive father with the whiskey
We met in the time of clouds Of gulls going north to mercy and charm Conversely I held self in … More
She looks totally Persian, but man, she, she is pure Mongol (Nick Cave concert, DC, 2023)
she’ll rip your lungs out, Jim
Stanley see the big big sea
for stanley as you can see lacking memory one must go to the sea see the pretty maypoles hand in … More
Knee-Walking in Laurel … It’s A Dirty Old Town
Tuesday night. Ms Brasil reports unwell, remnants to hear it of some disagreeing grub. So, I cab over from Boones, … More
Liam dons his cat-size jetpack to Boston
GATITO steps into his itty-bitty, cat-size jetpack. He zooms off to Boston. He’s been retained by TIMOTHY to help with … More
My huckleberry friend
We put GATITO down this week. Our little story: GATITO would come to bed, usually around 2am, after seeing to … More
Liam’s 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
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
The son
He was a beautiful boy He brought them much joy He is not now always mad Nor often very glad … More
Concertgoer, leper
Upon her return from daring Africa,Savanna Sayre,had the leper dry-rot her,leopard stripped of spot,solelyaware athersoul,unsought,at the county fair
At the concert, cheeks collapse to chin no longer sing
Her hair, the let-down She led us all to hell: Her face fell, down Eyes at the descend Cheeks collapse … More
One dare not meet one’s heroines, the why nice things have we not
Her hair, the let-down Led us all to hell: Her face fell, down Eyes at the descend Cheeks collapse to … More
Concert-Goer collapses at Belle n Sebastian show like any biblical character first-faced with locusts
Brown-haired Sayre collapsed like any biblical character She timely become fodder , for this decade’s Cicada brood . Whoa … … More
Brown-haired Sayre had gone to Africa on a dare, v0
Said she to we: “ I’d been to Africa you see, ’twere upon a dare ’twere the death of me … More
We shed feathers to let slip the gore
(upon observing a wake of vultures in the suburbs)
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
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
Expel me from the small sugar ship
pain like bands o rain spin off a hurricane and no one is safe the sugar ship stands out of … More
That girl, drowned in Astoria, Oregon
that boy nailed a board across the pier’s pilings one summer night. that girl climbed to its top, dove the gangle-thin boys froze in … More
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
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
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 … More
April hasn’t eaten her young yet, busy redecorating
Array your daughter’s heart in a fistfuck of a Gordian knot
“okay, sweetie, press your luck.“
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 … More