Does a beetle Feel pain When it walks on The carpet And is set upon By any blunt object I can find? When its legs are Paralyzed Does it know That it’s its time? As it writhes, Does it writhe? Does it know that’s What it’s doing? When it slows After it sustains Another blowContinue reading “Thumper”
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House of Wolves
You live still You live now In a desert home Away from The city Now you roam Reality pelts Draped over As clothes Obsidian heads Sharp on Memory arrows A bow you draw quick To shoot From experience So the memory Hunts What reality is Bows have been drawn With each Wolves’ last breath AContinue reading “House of Wolves”
Disintegration
Mites inside Rotting wood A fire set in Another wing Combining with Crumbling drywall A choking sawdust Mixed together With the rust Of negligence Bitter taste of Blood iron Coats the mouth With film strips Come home To ruin
Keys to No Where
Shot with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS; f/4.5; 1/6; ISO-400; 28mm
Dust Bunny
Dust Bunny A pull is the start To form Cluttered little Dust bunnies Cobwebs of hair And lint And dust Hopping and skipping Sticking together And drifting Like westward Tumbleweeds Chaotic clusters With soft thorns Torn from the mass To another By wind
Blueprints
Blueprints For the first bedroom we will center the bed on the left wall and clutter every surface with prints of old pop stars and album covers and write with Sharpies on the headboard some sweet musings. There will be a rickety ceiling fan from the sixties to slowly spin beside blinds that cracked fromContinue reading “Blueprints”
Flophouse
Flophouse People come in and out Every day New cars In the driveway A boy, a cigarette A father, a bike all bent They don’t look like they know Each other all that well As the father and his cigarette Hits the boy in the back of the head And they walk down the streetContinue reading “Flophouse”
Glasshouse
Glasshouse I opened my window to see Seven sisters Watching over me Across the sky, Like dozens of eyes The stars watched When I awoke from a restless sleep I turned my head To look at you all Who would watch silently Move about And never let me sleep without Who would give sight ofContinue reading “Glasshouse”
Governor’s House
Governor’s House Sipping on black tea Brewed for me Barely after morning Rain outside pouring Thunder and lightning To me, not frightening I am safe inside Rain, I don’t ask why She walked on tip-toes Didn’t mind outside’s woes Made eggs and toast Just as would a host Classics on tv Humor I can seeContinue reading “Governor’s House”
Consume Reality! 