{Lights up, kid,stage is set.Spotlight’s burnin’ holes in ya.Audience’s got that dread-judge stare to ‘em,‘n that mic feedback ain’t doin’ wonders here.Say what you came to say.} Love.I do love you, all these years later.It’s weird.Kind of.And it’s taken me a long time to say I’m sorry.I’m sorry.* [*Strain, Dippel, et. al.: Mr. Kennedy, this …
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October’s Eve (2015)
lately there’s just been so many reasons –not to write. but fall is finally heretastebuds called it too,too soon,months ago,but I can hear the ACs finally stutter–out. taste of winter in the air,hopeful thoughts maybe: languid dreams of blankets and your skin the way it tastes holiday pears the juice running down my chin. been …
Narrative;Lye;Krypton (2015)
People are telling their engagement stories;I’m gonna lie to you for a while. (Stephen, I can’t accept this, you didn’t complete the assignment.)And the planets all looked west,and Superman 2 flew down from the sky (the special edition steel-book Blu-Ray edition, just $59.99)using it’s great strength the push the world counter-clockwise {not …
moon-chant-rythms (2013)
Nightmare dancing moon-chant-rythms,nonsense syllables assembled from lies and greeting cards and bone-set longing. We’ve got some Cherokee, don’t we? [it’s Navajo] No, it’s Navajo and something else, it’s Cherokee isn’t it? [no, I think it’s Chickasaw]if I let my fraction drops of native blood lead me nation-side,they’d look at me like sorrow eyed parents …
More poetry facts: (2014)
Uh, most poets have faces? Look, I didn’t sign on to make more of these. I just… you liked them so much, so I wanted to make more. I didn’t. Instead I wrote an awesome story where this Bear discovers he’s a reincarnation of Hunter S. Thompson and goes to re-infiltrate the Hells Angels, only …
Millennial (2013)
They call me Millennial; Look at at me,Suit ‘n tie ‘n resume,“I’m sorry, we’re not hiring at this time,but we’ll keep your application on hand.” “So you’ve got a bachelor’s degree?”“No, but I’ve got ninety plus credit hours”And I’ve got somethin’ akin to a hundred thousand in debt– to those hours alone. I’m twenty two …
Moby Dick (2013)
Behind the Door: 1. replaced a typo “on and one” 2. Added indentations to link ideas together, whale and inscrutable. 3. Refused to reblog, mostly to avoid spamming people’s dash. Melville’s got that peg-leg bent again,Going on and on about the inscrutable,And I’m certain it’s just as like he’s talking up Hawthorne. California hills in …
Man To Himself in C (2015)
buttercup, hey little cutie,she’s wantin’ you, ain’t she?got them fuck me, fuck me shakes,to every step she’s takin’,‘n you know I ain’t makin’–this up. you know, kid,how could you not see,them black hole pupils,those lick-kiss lips. So what fuck-ass reason’s got you all lill-livered ‘n yella?what ‘n the hell’s got you brake-broke ‘n standin’? …
Luci (2014)
I wrote you a love poem,garnished it with pepper,and served it flambe. And they all turned it down,they all turned it down.Told me writing was about writing,and what the hell was I doing,writing about you? writing about, …
long haul 22 (2013)
It’s been a long-haul 22 gettin’ here, from there. winter, winter seems like it’s the hardest, least these last few. drunk ass mother-fucker comes into the store tonight, reeks of listerine ‘n gin ‘n beer, but he knows the store manager, so we sell to his sober friend. tellin’ me how he raises money for …
