12 11 0
|
They often leave me dulled/
and wanting back my time.
|
18 0 1
|
She dithered
in the back seat
on the way
to her funeral.
|
16 1 0
|
She wasn't anybody's,
just one of those
left-behinds that came
with the house.
|
1 0 0
|
She wasn't anybody's,
just one of those
left-behinds that came
with the house.
|
916 4 2
|
I feel about the universe/
as Abrahamics are supposed/
to feel about their Yahweh, /their God,
and their Allah:/ I am in fear,
I am in awe, /I am in love.
|
873 9 5
|
n truth, they are not red/
but chestnut./
But “Chestnut Wasp” lacks menace
|
1173 23 10
|
If I should wake/
before I die,/
just shoot me through/
the one good eye.
|
850 9 3
|
How many extinctions can we claim?/
Is someone keeping score?/
Somebody needs to keep the score
|
772 1 0
|
The rocks are hot along the East RiverBelow hazy skies sent from Jersey Traffic.Pigeons peck at pieces of detritus,Walking calmly by pedestrians passingThrough the park during their allotted lunchHour. A girl with a strange frame —As if her ribs fused with her hips…
|
926 1 0
|
So what happensTo the VFWIn a global economyAnd the monumentsErected in reverenceAfter the boysWho became menCame back homeTo be fathersThen grandfathersGreat-grandfathersAnd start to fall awayAs the days creep byThat petty paceOf politics as usualFamily DiasporasAnd maybe…
|
1168 10 5
|
Two types coexist- the sanguine/
and exsanguinated./
My skin is cool/
and pale as moonlight
|
1376 29 13
|
Cinnamon and smoke
infuse the days that shorten,
chill, accelerate.
|
273 3 2
|
We whistle on the way to work ...
|
4 5 0
|
Who wouldn’t prefer
a Starbuck’s Card for Christmas
rather than poems?
|
1003 14 6
|
Dead drunks sing Christmas/
songs-
|