back here for a bit
i just got in last week
i found us a sofa
that sits two comfortably
plaid plaid plaid and green
money orders and wireless
internet and cable tv
make lonely nights
and half week days
just melt in your mouth
i stole some cool music
that you probably haven't
heard before i told you
about the way it moves
me and i forget
green shit is big in the
tiny cities on finger lakes
i can be a farmer a
foreigner or storyteller
if i weren't busy couching
houses with crooked frames
and cars parked like
patchwork junk piles
some call it quaint
and pocket my new bic
raining and clear skies
with a nap in between
its so hard to plan for this
kind of weather so just
sleep it off and on and off and off and off
vermont is like a ball pit
full of colors and laughter
and lots of balls
that you
splash into all at once
because it looked so fun
its not very deep, this pit
but you can't walk away
and all you see are flecks
of red and blue and green
and you step on someone
just below the surface
say you're sorry and
remember that this whole
place smells like stale urine
so be sure to wash your hands
and tell yourself they must be dreaming
leaving someday is always an option
that you could just be gone like that
oh what a dream and such a
great story to tell another new friend
you meet at a gas station in rutland
at last you arrive somewhere
after driving all night full speed
eye drops and a brisk walk
to shake off the road a bit
but you look like shit
home sweet home you grin
and look at the newness around you
you mumble profanity and reach
for your cigarettes as you read the
fragmented words painted on a rock
in every single color that you have
to squint to read
take only photos, leave only footprints
help us keep the green mountains green!
without giving that boulder
even a second more
you try to find the nearest thing
tall fast or sharp enough
to kill you on the first try
but it never will.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Credit Report
A mother and her son sat on the front steps of their home
She opened the mail. a cigarette
He watched the grass. summer time
What are they doing? What are they thinking? Where is she anyway?
She asked
About the girls
Questions
With the answer in
The asking of the question
He answered anyway, about asides and in analogy
She sort of listened. tore junk mail
And they joked and smiled
She opened a letter from the high school
Your child,_____, has been absent (52) days from U.S. History. a new record
Christ she said. that girl
Nothing new
She drew upon her cigarette. every class
. a letter for every class
He patted her knee
she’ll be fine. she’ll be fine
Gus poked out his head from behind a bush
All droopy and tired eyed
Hi gus
Hi gus
She said oh my god!
Those bastards she said
What he asked
What. what!
There was another letter open in her hand
I thought we were finally getting our shit together she said
What
He asked. what!
They declined us. oh
He put his arm over his mother’s shoulder
I guess that means we gotta get a cheaper car he said. no shit
An old woman turned the corner
She was old and wore a jogger’s suit and jogged in the middle of the street.
Gus ran across the street to meet her
Guuus
They said
And his mother stood up
Fast out to get him
Don’t worry!
He’s a very friendly dog!
The old lady looked up
Still jogging and said
Don’t worry
I’m not afraid
Smiled
Made kissing noises to Gus and jogged away.
She opened the mail. a cigarette
He watched the grass. summer time
What are they doing? What are they thinking? Where is she anyway?
She asked
About the girls
Questions
With the answer in
The asking of the question
He answered anyway, about asides and in analogy
She sort of listened. tore junk mail
And they joked and smiled
She opened a letter from the high school
Your child,_____, has been absent (52) days from U.S. History. a new record
Christ she said. that girl
Nothing new
She drew upon her cigarette. every class
. a letter for every class
He patted her knee
she’ll be fine. she’ll be fine
Gus poked out his head from behind a bush
All droopy and tired eyed
Hi gus
Hi gus
She said oh my god!
Those bastards she said
What he asked
What. what!
There was another letter open in her hand
I thought we were finally getting our shit together she said
What
He asked. what!
They declined us. oh
He put his arm over his mother’s shoulder
I guess that means we gotta get a cheaper car he said. no shit
An old woman turned the corner
She was old and wore a jogger’s suit and jogged in the middle of the street.
Gus ran across the street to meet her
Guuus
They said
And his mother stood up
Fast out to get him
Don’t worry!
He’s a very friendly dog!
The old lady looked up
Still jogging and said
Don’t worry
I’m not afraid
Smiled
Made kissing noises to Gus and jogged away.
Three pleats
You look even more than last time
Throwinround that belt
Sun glasses and your smile
Look
and smile
Paying attention and not
Paying attention to you’re
Fishnets
Finishing right below your
Skirt thighs
Thick bands
Keeping snug on your legs
And that thick black leather
Belt
You passed around
To sit who could fit it
Throwinround that belt
Sun glasses and your smile
Look
and smile
Paying attention and not
Paying attention to you’re
Fishnets
Finishing right below your
Skirt thighs
Thick bands
Keeping snug on your legs
And that thick black leather
Belt
You passed around
To sit who could fit it
Rauf
He surrendered to the greatest weapon available
to the rich and powerful men he once struggled to defeat,
Bowing to the very wealth and power
that made those men
with wealth and power
men to defeat,
fat, happy and in charge.
to the rich and powerful men he once struggled to defeat,
Bowing to the very wealth and power
that made those men
with wealth and power
men to defeat,
fat, happy and in charge.
Times (work in progress)
4:44
The afternoon finally catches up to me
The rush of the day
Behind me
The night
Rising up and pinching
Where neck meets skull
Before the sun
Goes down
8:19
Always there
One before the one
That makes the third
A pair
Like marriage
And why I’m here
To see the three
Beneath TVs
Or driving on the radio
(My parents’ anniversary)
10:47
Scrambled
Groping from my seat
Like a lobster in a pot
10:52
What a mess huh
Don’t know to come or go
To stay awake or sleep
7:00
I wish the light was like this all day
With my windows open and blinds up
I can see without squinting
At the screen
And all around the screen
Without the unshaded
60 watt bulb
I light
Or don’t
Later
The afternoon finally catches up to me
The rush of the day
Behind me
The night
Rising up and pinching
Where neck meets skull
Before the sun
Goes down
8:19
Always there
One before the one
That makes the third
A pair
Like marriage
And why I’m here
To see the three
Beneath TVs
Or driving on the radio
(My parents’ anniversary)
10:47
Scrambled
Groping from my seat
Like a lobster in a pot
10:52
What a mess huh
Don’t know to come or go
To stay awake or sleep
7:00
I wish the light was like this all day
With my windows open and blinds up
I can see without squinting
At the screen
And all around the screen
Without the unshaded
60 watt bulb
I light
Or don’t
Later
2069
Kids these days
Getting back alley ‘plants like clothes hanger abortions
“No child of mine will have a chip in their head!”
The nets are dangerous!
If they catch
You get
Tangled up good
Her old man says about that
“Its my body!”
Screaming like a new tattoo
“And I can do what I want!”
“You will not!”
Until she saved enough
‘Cause all the kids got ‘em
Just need to close your eyes
To light up
Inside yours eyes:
To commune, play, music and override
The boring shit
No one can stop you from that
From closing you’re eyes
On the train
In class
Working
She shivered when his hand ran up her neck
And held back her hair
He pressed the gun to the hollow
Where her neck met her head
And it hurt after he pulled the trigger
For a second
“That’s it?”
“That’s it. Make sure you keep it clean or it might get infected.”
Getting back alley ‘plants like clothes hanger abortions
“No child of mine will have a chip in their head!”
The nets are dangerous!
If they catch
You get
Tangled up good
Her old man says about that
“Its my body!”
Screaming like a new tattoo
“And I can do what I want!”
“You will not!”
Until she saved enough
‘Cause all the kids got ‘em
Just need to close your eyes
To light up
Inside yours eyes:
To commune, play, music and override
The boring shit
No one can stop you from that
From closing you’re eyes
On the train
In class
Working
She shivered when his hand ran up her neck
And held back her hair
He pressed the gun to the hollow
Where her neck met her head
And it hurt after he pulled the trigger
For a second
“That’s it?”
“That’s it. Make sure you keep it clean or it might get infected.”
That down home sound
Toast to mountain majesty
With twingling stars
And strings
Toasting
Mountain majesty
Light up stars and strings
With twingling stars
And strings
Toasting
Mountain majesty
Light up stars and strings
Smoking picnic table scribbles
Angry clowns and wild flowers
Smoking joints
And mushroom head
Lines
By sharpy heads
And sharpy faces profiled
Facing you and grinning
Don’t do drugs
By one hand
Dot dot dot
Often by another
Arrows to the whole thing
Saying
FUCK YOU
A budding
Margin artist
Drew a heart with flames around it
Some one says, “Love is everywhere”
“Love sucks”
“Q-T love 4ever”
Doobie
Portraits
A cartoon tank with smoking barrel of a joint
“Smoke weed every day”
Some one says
They like weed
“For a 2 year college there is a lot…”
I didn’t read the rest
Cause
It was upside down
Smoking joints
And mushroom head
Lines
By sharpy heads
And sharpy faces profiled
Facing you and grinning
Don’t do drugs
By one hand
Dot dot dot
Often by another
Arrows to the whole thing
Saying
FUCK YOU
A budding
Margin artist
Drew a heart with flames around it
Some one says, “Love is everywhere”
“Love sucks”
“Q-T love 4ever”
Doobie
Portraits
A cartoon tank with smoking barrel of a joint
“Smoke weed every day”
Some one says
They like weed
“For a 2 year college there is a lot…”
I didn’t read the rest
Cause
It was upside down
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