Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
NOTHING BLUES
I got no problem saying nothing.
It’s on the tip of my tongue, down
to the Isle of Sunder.
I got no problem saying nothing.
It’ll keep me company,
like no other.
I got no problem saying nothing.
With seeds split wide,
and no place to gather.
I got no problem saying nothing.
A wet, black bough
gasping in the ether.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
HALF A MAP
Is that what they call your face?
I remember a time when it stood
for something besides the five
pillars of salt it does now.
Yes, I’ve been balancing
the apocalypse along with
the budget, and baby makes three.
I’ve been left speechless
enough times to know
every word is pending,
that only a wolf in bureaucrats’
clothing could hope to take
your howl, send it out on the wire,
and have it back within the hour,
losing a little in translation,
sure, but already on its’ way
to turning on itself.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
SUTURE SELF
The incision was quick.
So was your come back.
But you won’t miss our reply.
What’s one small wire
in the great, cannibalized sprawl?
We’ve sectioned off your excesses,
drained some swamp land,
got a great redevelopment
opportunity for all parties
interested. You’ve already
made nice with the velvet ropes,
the SOS, the bright yellow
crime scene tape.
Your position is clear.
Now we have to define it.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Saturday, May 31, 2008
SHELL GAME
Have you guessed my identity?
Of course not. I have ladled such hints
with dollops of cyanide.
Have you spun the threads of my eye net
to their logical conclusion? Of course not.
Such dramatic dividends are limited.
Have you seen me for who I am;
a smooth-faced fellow laying all his cards
on the table, just asking for the tell,
the reveal, the release?
Of course not. That’s my cover.
And who are you again?
Friday, May 30, 2008
TOTEM
This golden-flamed totem had to be
doused before he spoke; of another time,
an amoebaed past, one tendril to the next,
the smallest of touching, an uncertain
grope in a larger ocean, and there was no
talk of god, or gods, or anything,
just the busy, hard-wired communication
of filaments wavering in the currents,
who would think of nothing past
the blind brush of immediate contact.
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