Figments of Truth
i look at myselfin the mirror each daystudy this decaying fleshdraped on ancient bonesthe truth of a thousand liesburied behind these tombstone eyesgas on a funeral pyrematch in handi set…
Plausible Pliability
lizard dreamsgot to let my spikes downcatch a little shut-eyetry to rememberthat tune i forgotwalking off the blues the other daymumbling hints of jazz. i must be a rockbecause here…
Starry Night
on the precipice, i standthe canyon belowgathering shadows in its hungry mawmy eyes plunge into the last of dayso near, her raysi can almost touch themone more step and i’ll…
Gibberish
don’t ask me what they’re all about—these words so devoutly spewing from my mouthas if some great meaning i espoused to riot in while you were out in the runes…
Bearing the Sacred News
morning’s pale slivernearly unperceivablethe taste of yesterday, still heavy in the airour 911 sent to Godradio waves prayed into spacean SOS from humanityseeking absolution, deliverance from calamityswallowed by the voidjust…
Commercial Breakdown
go aheadslip in dangling modifieran unexplained pronounor a hyped-up verbno one’s watchingi do it all the timepeople say it’s the right thing to dologic doesn’t sellbut functions well as a…
Origami Clouds
why do you glare at me so brightthat blank stare of a dareto trespass → → → → → → on hallowed white but, no SIGNS_______no rules__________no lines to read…
March 7, 1965
I remember mornings when milk came in bottlesleft on the front doorstepwhen battles on the black-and-white newscouldn’t match our imaginations triggeredby trains rolling down the tracksheaded from somewhere to somewherewe…
Japanese Death Poems
as I slip from this planeinto the quiet realmbeneath a sea of starsI'll take with me my memoriesand leave you with the laughterthe dog can have my bones * as…
