sick of words what else do
who more like vacant pause
works will play cleanly dire
situation hopeless to adapt
illusion stubbornly struggle
stuck with this self after all
these years better than any
new decision barely enough
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Running Away
poets grapple with experience
coming at them running away
not telling them what to think
writers grapple deploy words
like warriors idealize hopeful
notions in the face of mystery
if I knew more I would tell you
what small comforts balance
declining value failing wealth
coming at them running away
not telling them what to think
writers grapple deploy words
like warriors idealize hopeful
notions in the face of mystery
if I knew more I would tell you
what small comforts balance
declining value failing wealth
Thursday, November 26, 2009
This Belly
burping thanks for overfeeding us
again not ours but a loving family
worth enzymes tomorrow is diet
who cares I do easy give up wine
cheese additional coffee eat less
of whatever you're having better
not to feel this belly not give up
because I can tell know as well
this choice never hard to make
again not ours but a loving family
worth enzymes tomorrow is diet
who cares I do easy give up wine
cheese additional coffee eat less
of whatever you're having better
not to feel this belly not give up
because I can tell know as well
this choice never hard to make
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
How Tell
there must be a now I'm here
with more past than future no
kidding aside how clearly see
and say what I think I mean no
other time divides good or bad
dark light real or didn't happen
how tell difference I can't read
between truth and the usual lies
with more past than future no
kidding aside how clearly see
and say what I think I mean no
other time divides good or bad
dark light real or didn't happen
how tell difference I can't read
between truth and the usual lies
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Five Minutes
rise organize how small leaves fall
failing that rouse reasonable dids
given save starry might reconvene
who will come who care enough to
thus abruptly ends familiar sense
despite all signs to stop and yield
ending feminine is that a surprise
that variation is the clue to pattern
five minutes give admits reflection
glints of connection though others
thought the same thing by accident
and tell them what they want to hear
failing that rouse reasonable dids
given save starry might reconvene
who will come who care enough to
thus abruptly ends familiar sense
despite all signs to stop and yield
ending feminine is that a surprise
that variation is the clue to pattern
five minutes give admits reflection
glints of connection though others
thought the same thing by accident
and tell them what they want to hear
Monday, November 23, 2009
Every Name
tears from a book "2666" by Roberto Bolaño
years to remember every name spelled out
battles villages streets in different countries
and when he came to the door at last I wept
why is it already light I wondered unaware
that I had slept again I thought the universe
had slipped a notch or I mistook the season
some such silly me to lose an hour like that
years to remember every name spelled out
battles villages streets in different countries
and when he came to the door at last I wept
why is it already light I wondered unaware
that I had slept again I thought the universe
had slipped a notch or I mistook the season
some such silly me to lose an hour like that
Sunday, November 22, 2009
A Letter
the cursor waits for a letter who
will write who read who answer
slower than my heartbeat were
I that calm could I think or feel
real emotions are the backdrop
luggage undertaken on purpose
what is the foreground writing
music reading being in my body
will write who read who answer
slower than my heartbeat were
I that calm could I think or feel
real emotions are the backdrop
luggage undertaken on purpose
what is the foreground writing
music reading being in my body
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Like Butter
movies books are input like food
I don't need to remember to get
the nourishment if I liked it then
when hungry again read more
watch another DVD eat three
four five times a day this music
like butter on whole-grain toast
I don't need to remember to get
the nourishment if I liked it then
when hungry again read more
watch another DVD eat three
four five times a day this music
like butter on whole-grain toast
Friday, November 20, 2009
Wet Shavings
eucalyptus you grew too fast wobbly
on your roots like hard packed earth
not these wet shavings horse manure
ropes could not hold we cut you down
how do you prefer to remember me
young not judging any other age as
tasty smart confident of infinite future
time to perfect what might have been
on your roots like hard packed earth
not these wet shavings horse manure
ropes could not hold we cut you down
how do you prefer to remember me
young not judging any other age as
tasty smart confident of infinite future
time to perfect what might have been
Thursday, November 19, 2009
The Real
if Orpheus doesn't mean something how
are we to be satisfied with many wanting
one or two possibly three and why is that
we live in a web of myths unrecognized
understood but dimly as if our own little
matters would suffice this once around
as if the present can define itself free of
ancient history as if blood fate destiny
were causes too complex to be the real
are we to be satisfied with many wanting
one or two possibly three and why is that
we live in a web of myths unrecognized
understood but dimly as if our own little
matters would suffice this once around
as if the present can define itself free of
ancient history as if blood fate destiny
were causes too complex to be the real
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