Saturday, February 5, 2011


would you love
even the most weird
desires of mine

while quivering
as beings built into
a notification board

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we may as well wait
in this sign as the bus will
be along shortly

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a hand extended
into our world, dark and cold
but help is withheld

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winter dreary nights
Milanese purgatory
next stop, unconscious

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people who are not,
happily not waiting here,
some place that isn't

Friday, January 28, 2011


the best day of my life
was that one bright day in Mali
where i lost my head....

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what benefits a
suit to sit around all day
without a body

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ain't nothing to me
my clothes tell you who I am
and that's all there is

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another cheap suit
more layers killing spirit
till nothing remains

Wednesday, January 19, 2011


order of the day
the talking heads will now
speak and say nothing

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desultory art
intangible and shifting
leaving not a trace

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I said, he said, she
we all said those things we said
our heads full of me

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hot air fills the void
the truth can not be spoken
free speech for shut minds

Thursday, December 2, 2010


a hole in the sky
his heart too small to keep him
from earth's hard embrace

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The darkening sky
reveals fresh new stars to me
moment by moment

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seagulls and sparks fly
gunshots ring shocking the heart
give love a bad name

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Red dwarf heart of the
Human nova, final beat
Before extinction

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city lights float up
twinkling through a ceaseless glass
coldly receding

Saturday, November 20, 2010


shots of my mother,
found upstairs in an old book,
pressed like a red rose.

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many tried to copy
the pout, the breasts, the allure
none chose the despair

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things done and not done
twists and turns and trails of smoke
how things might have been

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It’s done – the deed, oh!
Now she tries to protect you,
"Jack, Jack… I’m waiting."

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unbeknown to her
she would star in a dark tale
sadly her last role

Saturday, November 13, 2010


Eugenicists at
Red Cross dispense life or death
In blood bag lottery

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My eyes are closed tight,
teeth clenched, I hear the doctor,
and a dripping sound.

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Even in these times
Irony of his blood type
Is not lost on us

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a bag of red rum
blood suckers wetting their lips
just b positive

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terribly sorry su
you need your blood so very much
more than we do

Saturday, November 6, 2010


if you see buddha
in the grove of ancient trees
strangle him slowly

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the tree unmindful
slowly embraces Buddha
mindful, he minds not

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Tree stands tall and proud
Roots of Budhism anchored
Firmly to the earth

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In a sun drenched place,
the wilted traveler recalls
Ozymandias

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a quick sniff of blow
still standing the test of time
A god or still high