Monthly Archives: January 2002

going home

she fell through a cloud and into the womb a slice of sunlight caught in the spokes of the wheel he couldnĀ¹t guess her destiny but claimed her as his own the brightness of her being just a trick of … Continue reading

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still back in the days

when i was young people going from house to building had to GO OUTSIDE stifled screams at the sight of the yawning sky stars at the bottom of the cliff nothing but air between you upside down and praying for … Continue reading

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crashing from consciousness

reeling like a drunken angel angling headlong from heaven born from grease that lubes the wheel and blasting like a bacon strip crashing on the sizzling surface couldnĀ¹t find the black box of all that we had been and known … Continue reading

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modern monkey digits

grasping at straws – swinging in night clubs reaching for one more vine to traverse seaching for one last mind to traverse with a TV on the blink – and dishes in the sink a soul of searching sacharrine from … Continue reading

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the elbow

pushed, toward the front of the line mucous bubblings breathe in out posture is everything; everything is nothing ‘why do you seem so nervous?’ ‘uh…i…ah’ soon, all this will be swished. spit. loves are nonexistant on this plane nothing is … Continue reading

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sweeper

revenge blood-soaked forearm-twisted fire eyes flashing canines grim mace grimace voices in the night heart pounding panic settling down to uneasy waiting years of silence checking the toilet in and behind it’s done that way dark mutterings in ear sight … Continue reading

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driving to cincinnati

what of the night with savage splendor out and ram the funkle wheels fat like globe and gallant seekers solace braced and gripping grok machine a tongued and quickly slanted darting madly ripping being fleeing emptiness capable flyer lone survivor … Continue reading

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Moab

this part of the utah desert has places you don’t go little ledges under the cliff in the darkness where the reality has worn through crouching over a mountainedge the giant grows small and climbs down to stride into the … Continue reading

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