A few recent poems (of many possibilities).
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Rant and Roll
Gimme that TV I.V.
for vain in vein insane
gimme booze, sex, gambling
highline fashion
low blows
gimme local lobotomy
drill my lobal monstrosities
gimme gone
gimme go
gimme fast cars in red glow
neon no ones run low
jazz jumped slow
gimme want and went and wan
night in sight of sun
anything to numb
this shit world dumb
to doom due profits sons
in never pure
ever slippin’ strip stream whirl
gimme never when
back then
Zen
but get me gone
I don’t belong
nor do
you
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A plethora
(hot bath, black coffee, a toke)
of pleasure
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Lady Wife Lady Friend Lady Companion
Toothpicks in her glasses
twist ties on her boots
she’d walk a country mile
for a country egg
in a New York minute
sez
smile local
go global
bless her suite of heart
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May You Live in Interesting Times
There’s the known darkness
and the darkeness not yet known
The darkness within the dark
the darkness without
The dark that sparks revere
and dark that undermines the lark
Darkness at the edge of town
darkness all around
But is and isn’t run unclear
in the farce and fear of darkness here
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Territory
Monkey man
take stick draw line in sand
…there…you…here…me…
as if we get to choose
our abuse
(though we do)
live poet on the line
dead poet in the ground
memory walking
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The Sisyphus Effect
I tried to tell her
don’t get up
stay in bed
it’s a scam
another reality trick
they get you every time
first you wake up
then you sit up
step out of bed
and whammo
they got you
again
they make you do stuff
be things
go places
eat
defecate
take
fake
I told her
tried to warn her
but no
she’s up
doing yoga
making coffee
petting the cat
listening to Willie Nelson
caught again in the web of want
old debt new due
one more early worm demanding bird
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