Artillery among the apiaryBeekeeper become bullet-catcher
Tag: v0
April lost her mind, 3 birds dead, raining
This April rain foetus birds on our front porch Poorly-inflated balloons Their fledgling claws and yellow smiles half-baked Turnèd ever upward … More
Truth is a butcher, son
Truth is a butcher, son He will have You, you Begging, begging For Lies
Daughter yours, bolt-action god ours
The breech, the block, the betrothal Your sunless daughter Our bolt-action god What’s done is done Inshallah
Joe, NPO
cloverleaving through the night cleaving unto what’s right seething is disbelieving: – they chickens , they goats – “don’t trust … More
Alibaba’s 3 asses
Come! My presidents Go! You kings Bring! Your platoon forty of thieves Free! Get! Put! Strap! Your riches Well! Upon … More
The rot so quiet
The pull So glacier The rot So quiet .
Bamboo refused the stand upright
Bamboo refused the stand upright Relief in the voices of Of birds and bees Who no longer alight .
Hackles in the twister
Hackles in the twister there She snaps She sails Her teeth bare .
Into the ship’s screw
The breach dolphin navy-grey Took her final purposeful exhale Into the ship’s screw, The whale .
Death of a family dog
The black dog Took her blue death in Stun-brown Texas .
Sparrow at a bullfight
Sparrow at a bullfight On that blade Dragonfly Alight .
They shall gaunten like a feral cat
salmon shall run no more bears shall sit their haunches eddies shall pass them by they shall fish no more … More
Elephant, walk on by
elephant, listen for the change follow watchfully behind bury your dead gather sticks walk on by her bowerbird grave
Alibaba’s platoon 40 o thieves
Come! My presidents Go! As kings Bring! Your platoon 40 of thieves Strap! Your riches Well! Upon your albino asses
Alibaba’s atonement awaits
Atonement like colorless unpainted stripped sun-bleached dawn like daughter empty wordless awaits
Pulls fire like teeth from the earth
Miners unmoored, swim about their rib cages,Pilot-fish blind,They search for sensible wallsthat whisper: “Yours, the falling, has ended” Weary waitresses … More
This our family has failed to rally
Below, in f/u to B’s text J ——— Kudos for your efforts. Not sure, though, what googledoc deltas … More
Rued his fat-bellied Mad-Max cicada days
Rued his fat-bellied Mad-Max cicada days Swayed every pretty young cicada to his side Pedal to the metal A-rage, them … More
The freeway filled w broken-hero cicadas
The freeway filled w broken-hero cicadas
Savage Bamboo Wood: 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
Less culpable at her funeral?
M, B In the spirit of helping out, thoughts below, longer & more poorly-organized than I’d hoped, but work calls … More
We begged our children as bats, v0
We begged our children as batsTo eat the insects of our existenceTo eat the insects feasting our illnessesTo eat the … More
Boy misses dog, then turn … the whole enchilada
the pain buys less drink every day only the high thin clouds of memory persist blown like stirred like coffee … More
While at sea RICK gets letter from CLARE
While at sea RICK gets letter from CLARE (CLARE, in letter to RICK) CLARE Ricky, I’m writing to you from … More
ZUMAYA killed in air raid, v0
RICK and ZUMAYA have plans to meet in Madrid (insert name of real bar or cafe here). RICK is running … More
TIMOTEO seals the Nationalists in the mineshaft, v0
During the 1932 Miners’ Uprising in Asturías, the miners established a network of mines caves. It’s a claustrophobic labyrinth in … More
RICK tells ZUMAYA he has a son, somewhere, v0
R tells ZUM he has a son, somewhere RICK, ZUMAYA laying on porch swing in the afternoon. Breeze. ZUMAYA Rick, … More
ZUMAYA explains bullfighting to RICK
ZUMAYA explains bullfighting to RICK ZUMAYA Mi cara, we must go to a bullfight! Eeez beautiful! Eeez majesty. Eeez Basque. … More
RICK n HENRY’s childhoods
RICK meets Henry RICK is hurrying into the school yard (Grammar School 22, at the corner of Stanton and Sheriff … More
TIMOTEO drives to Madrid. Goes to the Hotel Florida. Orders a beer.
TIMOTEO drives to Madrid. Goes to the Hotel Florida. Orders a beer. Rick’s at table going over the books. TIMOTEO … More
RICK tells TIMOTEO of ZUMAYA’s death, v0
RICK tells TIMOTEO of ZUMAYA’s death RICK takes a few days off from tending bar at the Hotel Florida, catches … More
RICK gets SAM out of Dodge, NYC
RICK gets SAM out of Dodge, NYC Next day. RICK asks Art for help finding out the shipping schedule. Talks … More