Untitled #84 (2015)

ain’t quite sure when my echo started callin’ me darlin’,just like I can’t remember when the saturation got muted,or when it all started hazin’ out like weighted rain. there ain’t a flavor I’ve spit out in years,but I ain’t been much for the savor either. ‘n it’s been years since I been more than pricked …

Untitled #85 (2015)

Lived a long(*) life,got long while yet to go,ain’t ever met a tree,that didn’t have some reasonfor the bark. ain’t a need for apologizin’,what the world taught you to carry. *Strain, Dipple, et al.: Ha, that’s hardly true!You need to show your sources Mr. Kennedy.

Untitled #712 (2014)

Tonight is one of those rare nights when I feel sexy.I shouldn’t,and where anyone here but me,I wouldn’t,unwashed from yesterday,I smell,and I’m covered in who knows what,but I look at my reflection in the window,and I like what I see. I’m proud.

Untitled #705 (2014)

There’s a woman at my work.There are always women at work.‘n there was that question, “What does sexually active even mean”,‘n I think, I think I’ve got the answer:sexually active is the understanding that while you want to see everything naked,you have no right.it ain’t a great answer,but there’s always that woman at work,maybe that …

Untitled #706 (2014)

        There’s smoke/s/ in my pocket,        and she’s |just like| the other girls,    complex and wonderful, and(, and, and) a delight to be trusted to touch.        and you’re /damned right it’s going to be a cold winter,        but she’s warm and writhing with that passion undulation,        and she looks at …

Untitled #708 (2014)

I have been handed a note:             If you would like to live,            like the royals of old,            you must remember,            do as you’re told.             poems are for poets,            as it should be,            stay away from this contest,           …

Untitled #710 (2014)

she tasted like that myth of the open road,‘n she was inked with nostalgia.                         ‘n she loved my work,                        so I loved her too.

Untitled #699 (2014)

I’ve got more gain than game going,but it’s fun,just fun,for the fun of it. I don’t miss sex (I do, but it’s beside the point; something I can deal with),I miss the intimates of when we used to cook together,of long nights talking about nothing of importance,and being irresponsible. There’s no hookup that can 100% …