belly up to the shaker in your homespuns
tell me all about your plans and pleasure
I was there and you are gone but this is
not it anywhere the weather usually wrong
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Cinnamon Toast
how one habit or actor replaces another
how freely I offer my fondest hopes
how much less I should have said
but the truth will out and soon forgot
enjoy it while you can remember
how the show reminded me of you
or someone else decades earlier
still young enough to think so
go through the whole story one by one
is so much fun I can't stop eating it
appears to be cinnamon toast with
honey instead of sugar just as good
how freely I offer my fondest hopes
how much less I should have said
but the truth will out and soon forgot
enjoy it while you can remember
how the show reminded me of you
or someone else decades earlier
still young enough to think so
go through the whole story one by one
is so much fun I can't stop eating it
appears to be cinnamon toast with
honey instead of sugar just as good
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Soul Legacy
underlying dismay goes on
regretting another possible life
shipwreck not to be repeated
uniqueness matters but
who to
to put it crudely
pattern of mind soul legacy
needs patient nurture
no one to do it
regretting another possible life
shipwreck not to be repeated
uniqueness matters but
who to
to put it crudely
pattern of mind soul legacy
needs patient nurture
no one to do it
Monday, September 27, 2010
Act Real
what who might have said remains
unspoken projects absorb energy
move closer speak natural thought
forms twisted sister morphine act
real good time karma wearing thin
then well then absent alternatives
alter everything in flux or matrix
once you start the former engine
parse the matter phonic logically
assembled gets you safely home
unspoken projects absorb energy
move closer speak natural thought
forms twisted sister morphine act
real good time karma wearing thin
then well then absent alternatives
alter everything in flux or matrix
once you start the former engine
parse the matter phonic logically
assembled gets you safely home
Sunday, September 26, 2010
New Job
now I've lost Betty where can she
be sure she'll reappear in time I
can't imagine how they get it to
happen "Oedipus" in Japanese
flocks of crows across the sky
caw on cue hundreds of people
on hard benches for two and a
half hours liking it very much
Ophelia is starting a new job
no pressure take the night off
or rather not I want to work as
much as I can capable of more
be sure she'll reappear in time I
can't imagine how they get it to
happen "Oedipus" in Japanese
flocks of crows across the sky
caw on cue hundreds of people
on hard benches for two and a
half hours liking it very much
Ophelia is starting a new job
no pressure take the night off
or rather not I want to work as
much as I can capable of more
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Wayward Skim
I mean it the way you think
without explaining excuse
for nothing unsaid and yet
this wayward skim is thin
I don't say everything think
twice or hesitate nor let it
all out only what I mean to
keep quiet mornings alone
enough but not too much
my motto modesty of aim
discretion open invitation
couched in sparest words
non-critical but still know
how I feel what judge right
or not wonder if different
ways are equal or superior
without explaining excuse
for nothing unsaid and yet
this wayward skim is thin
I don't say everything think
twice or hesitate nor let it
all out only what I mean to
keep quiet mornings alone
enough but not too much
my motto modesty of aim
discretion open invitation
couched in sparest words
non-critical but still know
how I feel what judge right
or not wonder if different
ways are equal or superior
Friday, September 24, 2010
Hungry Birds
he doesn't hunt he kills
this human mind works
backward drinking beer
and sure it feels good
even sober fellow love
unites the lonely parts
leaves the wasp alive
but wastes the enemy
he kills for food nest
full of hungry birds
one elk months meat
beats selling his time
this human mind works
backward drinking beer
and sure it feels good
even sober fellow love
unites the lonely parts
leaves the wasp alive
but wastes the enemy
he kills for food nest
full of hungry birds
one elk months meat
beats selling his time
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Honest Weight
what of myself can I invest for profit
in a falling market attention my only
capital intention only honest weight
I must do it for pleasure or pleasure
in the doing and I do what emerges
is the measure of improving wealth
keep it going is the challenge share
manifest value each can understand
want to willing voyagers toward flow
in a falling market attention my only
capital intention only honest weight
I must do it for pleasure or pleasure
in the doing and I do what emerges
is the measure of improving wealth
keep it going is the challenge share
manifest value each can understand
want to willing voyagers toward flow
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Such Fun (for Mary Lucas)
even long or wrong lives end
sooner one you've known for
seventy years the later gaps
can't erase it is all past now
I distanced myself but didn't
judge unfortunate choices or
bad luck only sorry you lost
your knack for elegant living
such fun to visit on Russian
Hill or Nob or Chinatown or
Oakland piano hot tub with
Julian I have no ear for jazz
nothing personal if I prefer
Chopin egotistical indulgent
I shouldn't have beat you up
with my supposed normality
still don't you had to be you
I me incompatible directions
beyond therapy conversation
regular living could not go on
sooner one you've known for
seventy years the later gaps
can't erase it is all past now
I distanced myself but didn't
judge unfortunate choices or
bad luck only sorry you lost
your knack for elegant living
such fun to visit on Russian
Hill or Nob or Chinatown or
Oakland piano hot tub with
Julian I have no ear for jazz
nothing personal if I prefer
Chopin egotistical indulgent
I shouldn't have beat you up
with my supposed normality
still don't you had to be you
I me incompatible directions
beyond therapy conversation
regular living could not go on
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Flying Visit
equal night full moon call across mountains
read across all borders imaginary drawing
Cascades opposite coasts weather patterns
fail to break aims for uncommon language
if that isn't it I don't know what is is what
he said tell everyone I said you know I try
I think in Norwegian act in flowers kisses
cousins foresee a flying visit well deserved
this accounts for another season passing
flow moments resonate the work begins
read across all borders imaginary drawing
Cascades opposite coasts weather patterns
fail to break aims for uncommon language
if that isn't it I don't know what is is what
he said tell everyone I said you know I try
I think in Norwegian act in flowers kisses
cousins foresee a flying visit well deserved
this accounts for another season passing
flow moments resonate the work begins
Monday, September 20, 2010
Hold Back
don't ask unless you want to know
or answer until spoken to hold back
not to offend repel others' patience
fear of overpowering being too man
excuses nothing of your withdrawals
twee fastidious hold that back again
late much going on being themself
that was what I wanted to know then
wondered why subjected to the wry
tweaking feathers aflutter forget it
not the formula for viscosity one of
my gaps I brag as if there were few
and no one knows better than you
how little glue is not really enough
or answer until spoken to hold back
not to offend repel others' patience
fear of overpowering being too man
excuses nothing of your withdrawals
twee fastidious hold that back again
late much going on being themself
that was what I wanted to know then
wondered why subjected to the wry
tweaking feathers aflutter forget it
not the formula for viscosity one of
my gaps I brag as if there were few
and no one knows better than you
how little glue is not really enough
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Irrelevant Wisdom
shall I be more direct I would
if I could but isn't everything
too obvious already this idea
for example if it is if anyone
says so
otherwise I should abdicate
but who else would do it if
it had to be done dine out
on irrelevant wisdom as if
any is
if I could but isn't everything
too obvious already this idea
for example if it is if anyone
says so
otherwise I should abdicate
but who else would do it if
it had to be done dine out
on irrelevant wisdom as if
any is
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Clearly Explained
And maybe the message that can barely be deciphered is as close as we can get to the most powerful message of all, which is the one we wait for that never arrives. —Rivka Galchen
not say less more than two
more than you more than
multiply two who can rain
down it comes let it come
let it become few as three
or more clearly explained
never wetter weather wait
may be better or the same
way to nowhere be alone
not say less more than two
more than you more than
multiply two who can rain
down it comes let it come
let it become few as three
or more clearly explained
never wetter weather wait
may be better or the same
way to nowhere be alone
Friday, September 17, 2010
Try It
everything is clear to me at last
I understand perfectly articulate
write the letter before I've read
the poems though I do mean to
it is only written inside my head
others promise more pleasure if
I'm right it means nothing which
purpose served or aim achieved
which art says more about what
and who cares enough to try it
I understand perfectly articulate
write the letter before I've read
the poems though I do mean to
it is only written inside my head
others promise more pleasure if
I'm right it means nothing which
purpose served or aim achieved
which art says more about what
and who cares enough to try it
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Hidden Depths
he can't help himself she
said feeding dogs who can
we are what we feel from hidden
depths or else deny the true
missing action figures darkly
measured in spoons toward emptiness
nothing overflows that you can keep
quiet play your ridiculous part
said feeding dogs who can
we are what we feel from hidden
depths or else deny the true
missing action figures darkly
measured in spoons toward emptiness
nothing overflows that you can keep
quiet play your ridiculous part
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
My Ingenue
I hate casting it's the hardest part
of doing a play my little company
is fine but my ingenue is going to
college at night can't do this one
directing comes easy but casting
is agony oh Ophelia materialize!
of doing a play my little company
is fine but my ingenue is going to
college at night can't do this one
directing comes easy but casting
is agony oh Ophelia materialize!
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Serious Stuff
sick of republicans sick of democrats
sick of the stupid tea party iraq iran
afghanistan somalia poor congo poor
people sick of hearing about politics
seriously stupidly stuck serious stuff
needs doing stop posturing and start
sick of the stupid tea party iraq iran
afghanistan somalia poor congo poor
people sick of hearing about politics
seriously stupidly stuck serious stuff
needs doing stop posturing and start
Monday, September 13, 2010
More Fun
keep the rhythm going is the key to music
and everything else who can choose to do
is what is possible with practical exercise
patience perseverance courage in adverse
circumstance arranges when we are tested
for soul and substance without prejudice
you can be good too if not the same way
no one has to harder than it looks work
more fun than play if you bring your best
and everything else who can choose to do
is what is possible with practical exercise
patience perseverance courage in adverse
circumstance arranges when we are tested
for soul and substance without prejudice
you can be good too if not the same way
no one has to harder than it looks work
more fun than play if you bring your best
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Others Mumble
need our numbers help with weather
whether others mumble I don't care
where you dare go crazy for berries
falling off the falling over vines pick
quick if it doesn't seem so at the time
movie time bed late I finished another
draft of the same old story finally got
it right I always knew but didn't dare
there I dare to too many times willing
to prove the opposite not so different
whether others mumble I don't care
where you dare go crazy for berries
falling off the falling over vines pick
quick if it doesn't seem so at the time
movie time bed late I finished another
draft of the same old story finally got
it right I always knew but didn't dare
there I dare to too many times willing
to prove the opposite not so different
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Nothing Real
did he look at me did he see
the tears and know how well
I understood we sacrifice for
art immolate ecstatic bored
tormented humiliation isn't
worth it but there is nothing
else was the line to the man
behind me scripted nothing
real who knows besides me
the tears and know how well
I understood we sacrifice for
art immolate ecstatic bored
tormented humiliation isn't
worth it but there is nothing
else was the line to the man
behind me scripted nothing
real who knows besides me
Friday, September 10, 2010
Busy People
streaming north counter others
south all different destinations
why this not something else
everything quantumly possible
you can only act now only be
consistent with earlier choices
you might not have made why
cars why so many busy people
south all different destinations
why this not something else
everything quantumly possible
you can only act now only be
consistent with earlier choices
you might not have made why
cars why so many busy people
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Bad Night
comfort range narrow tolerance
for discomfort nil non-survive
without furnaces houses exact
layers of protection mentally no
better one bad night ready die
winter is coming get used to it
the pool eighty-four year round
makes it easy if cold don't swim
bring out the corduroys afghans
fleeces heaters store away fans
for discomfort nil non-survive
without furnaces houses exact
layers of protection mentally no
better one bad night ready die
winter is coming get used to it
the pool eighty-four year round
makes it easy if cold don't swim
bring out the corduroys afghans
fleeces heaters store away fans
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
For Hamlet
black velvet on the tennis court
I want some for Hamlet myself
beyond the pale brooding beauty
they are athletes with a sense of
style who can scorn such power
bodes well for something lost
what mattered was elegance cool
meandering days freely spent
learning subtle highways home
I want some for Hamlet myself
beyond the pale brooding beauty
they are athletes with a sense of
style who can scorn such power
bodes well for something lost
what mattered was elegance cool
meandering days freely spent
learning subtle highways home
Monday, September 06, 2010
Do Something
I started to get depressed but
didn't have to not an ordinary
day it's Labor Day do something
dance with pendulum no video
clean studio floor call a friend
whack my hill I did my writing
before breakfast is that enough
didn't have to not an ordinary
day it's Labor Day do something
dance with pendulum no video
clean studio floor call a friend
whack my hill I did my writing
before breakfast is that enough
Sunday, September 05, 2010
Out Loud
why don't I think what I have to say
is interesting it is and yet I fade say
some vague fragment of experience
someone changes the subject I hope
you don't mind my questions it's how
I think out loud if one has time for it
is interesting it is and yet I fade say
some vague fragment of experience
someone changes the subject I hope
you don't mind my questions it's how
I think out loud if one has time for it
Saturday, September 04, 2010
No Option
work does itself if you don't do anything else
give your mind and body that is your time it
happens you don't have to do it just be there
active allow yourself to act idleness no option
give your mind and body that is your time it
happens you don't have to do it just be there
active allow yourself to act idleness no option
Friday, September 03, 2010
Keep Moving
two weeks O.K. anything it takes
everything is negotiable if I can
keep moving preferably forward
fabulous charro artisan work we
celebrate Mexican excellence we
lunch dinner from garden better
tomatoes at last pale European
cucumber tiny new potatoes it's
plenty I don't want to eat much
everything is negotiable if I can
keep moving preferably forward
fabulous charro artisan work we
celebrate Mexican excellence we
lunch dinner from garden better
tomatoes at last pale European
cucumber tiny new potatoes it's
plenty I don't want to eat much
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Only Morning
I didn't want salmon
but it wasn't my birthday
all my efforts in vain
delay two weeks? or?
open windows for air
close to keep in cool
chocolate at any hour
breakfast only morning
clouds in monochrome
cobwebs on peasant girl
pleasant to contemplate
madness to undertake
but it wasn't my birthday
all my efforts in vain
delay two weeks? or?
open windows for air
close to keep in cool
chocolate at any hour
breakfast only morning
clouds in monochrome
cobwebs on peasant girl
pleasant to contemplate
madness to undertake
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Mainly Awake
everything held in mind at once
rewriting my life casting Ophelia
letters poem news books granola
season changing
Tipsarevic demolishing Roddick
most of it trivial Fleming singing
in Russian palaces don't we miss
Saddam Hussein
no excuse for killing tomatoes
race the frost worth year waiting
for coherence past bedtime still
mainly awake
rewriting my life casting Ophelia
letters poem news books granola
season changing
Tipsarevic demolishing Roddick
most of it trivial Fleming singing
in Russian palaces don't we miss
Saddam Hussein
no excuse for killing tomatoes
race the frost worth year waiting
for coherence past bedtime still
mainly awake
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