He was a beautiful boy He brought them much joy He is not now always mad Nor often very glad … More
Tag: own
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
Give a Zionist a badge …
Fumbles Jerusalem like any rancid melon
You, me and Bibi makes three
Fawning towards Bethlehem
Like any beaten ogre Some further-broken Quasimodo Gone to kiss the ring on the slender girlish fingers of Abraham in … More
Filastine, get thee to the Sinai, the Sahel, christen thy Muslim hell
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
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
Hornet infects heron
Hornets of oblivion Infect herons of mud With ass-piss blood Once only neglected Seeded herons dare chase alien sun
Father speaks to fern, crocus, moss (Croatia, 1999)
“I fail to feed your children I, mere stripling am at-struggle with scree.” Up from the valley grass to the … 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
Kosovo, 1999: Flowers have gone to children, every one
I forced did make the mountains a hard home for my children slender I forced on them such leaves and … More
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.“
Siblings and other suspects
for x in {} ; do ; Cheney|Rasputin –> Bush|Fudd.Elmer|0 ; sprintf { Clerk ^ Raptor ^ Cockroach } ; … More
“If only my Daddy hadn’t been such a pussy.” (George) …
“If only my Daddy hadn’t been such a pussy.” (George) . . . “Who’s your Daddy!” (Dick)
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