Take my gnarled arm,
dip it in bronze,
clip a finger
from its tarnished father
and I'll read your palm.
Back, beyond
the stacks of trinkets:
a scrubbed brass ornament
in ringlets
with pins
for my finger's every indent.
11.16.2009
11.11.2009
Trying To Talk With A Mouthful Of Blood
My teeth are islands
and their inhabitants
are uneasy. The sea
is always unpredictable.
My tongue is a leviathan
they have all witnessed.
Small shrines
adorned with flowers
spring up in rows,
cut into my gums.
It makes me feel
like an accommodating giant
and a little alone.
and their inhabitants
are uneasy. The sea
is always unpredictable.
My tongue is a leviathan
they have all witnessed.
Small shrines
adorned with flowers
spring up in rows,
cut into my gums.
It makes me feel
like an accommodating giant
and a little alone.
11.08.2009
I'm a Firefighter, Want To Go Out?
You're so hot I think you might be a fire hazard
and if this gets much hotter I'll have to whip
out my hose, but it looks like you might be too hot
to put out. I think the fire has spread to your
lower levels. Or are those hot pants. Either way
I'm going to have to go inside of you to rescue
any trapped survivors and by the looks of your rear
I'd say there's at least 15 people in there and
they will die of smoke inhalation unless I get moving.
You're a brick house, but I still need to evaluate your
structural integrity.
Don't take it personally.
I've seen good men die from not being careful.
and if this gets much hotter I'll have to whip
out my hose, but it looks like you might be too hot
to put out. I think the fire has spread to your
lower levels. Or are those hot pants. Either way
I'm going to have to go inside of you to rescue
any trapped survivors and by the looks of your rear
I'd say there's at least 15 people in there and
they will die of smoke inhalation unless I get moving.
You're a brick house, but I still need to evaluate your
structural integrity.
Don't take it personally.
I've seen good men die from not being careful.
11.04.2009
A Shockwave’s Snail Crawl to the Midwestern United States
1.
When the twin engines hummed, his mind settled. Many years ago,
before time’s cold utensils left their impression, he had two
boys. Both he left by the wayside in a land all too
foreign while shellfire smeared the sunset.
2.
Cicaedas sound an alarm, which rushes through the field;
rips open a swath of chipped wood, cut dry. Against
a knotted branch, he stands cupping an axe head,
cradling its tawny stem between two fingers.
All falls quiet.
The silence lingers far after he takes another swing,
landing in a dull aqueous mutter. His shoulders
erupt in convulsions. The sun dilates; a white hot rush
of numbness radiates across
his right side.
When the twin engines hummed, his mind settled. Many years ago,
before time’s cold utensils left their impression, he had two
boys. Both he left by the wayside in a land all too
foreign while shellfire smeared the sunset.
2.
Cicaedas sound an alarm, which rushes through the field;
rips open a swath of chipped wood, cut dry. Against
a knotted branch, he stands cupping an axe head,
cradling its tawny stem between two fingers.
All falls quiet.
The silence lingers far after he takes another swing,
landing in a dull aqueous mutter. His shoulders
erupt in convulsions. The sun dilates; a white hot rush
of numbness radiates across
his right side.
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