Friday, May 4, 2012

Life is Good


To turn a tap
and receive
water from a faucet,

what pleasure
cold water
is on skin!

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Red

It's a lounging bar
Full of maroon lunette booths.
Polyester button-downs
Slide on faux leather
As everyone drinks their cocktails.

Dingy, passe yet somehow hip,
The air is full of discussion
About John Waters and Johnny Unitas
And bleary, ember bulb light.

Do you remember Baltimore?
The historic district's knowledge
So near the dangers of the ghetto
And you hanging from a low branch
In that cerise dress.

A Night Out

The wind rushes across the field
Covered in matted hay.
It needles your ears
With a low, cold whisper
And takes with it
The flesh from your bones.

Trudging lead-footed
Up to the barbed wire fence,
You stop and look
To the steely blue orb
Showering white light
Into the harsh winter's air.

You reach out to grip
The top black cord
With dry, purple knuckles.
The piercing of your palm
Warms your numb fist.

Lifting the wire and
Sending your cramped legs
Through to more to more hard, dead earth,
Your socks are drenched in sweat
And black by now
From mud and lacerations.

The air appears before you
In intervals as
Warm, wet pockets dissipating.
You wonder starkly:
"...where the fuck are my shoes.."

welcome back

‘s hot glue on my tecate bottle.
a mountain like the one Aguirre came down.
an eagle has a T in the middle
...cause, it's cerveza.

the hot glue isn't hot anymore.
it ribbons like a woman’s hair.
spirals, clump, then stuck,
stuck where neck meets stump.

Place my bets on drink at midnight
cause day is not enough.
Place my bets on drink at midnight.
can't do what i want.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

the one hundred thousand dollar pyramid

look at me i lost all the weight
e diet changed my life
free online membership
free, what are you waiting for?
you have a 50/50 chance of walking out of here a millionaire
from television city in holyywood this is the 100,000 dollar pyramid
oh good audience, thank you
we really need someone to go to the pyramid, it's been a long time
i teach achievement for the SATs, well good
shes a singer, not only bright and attractive but a run for your money,
thanks nipsy, somebody's gonna win today, i can feel it
alright we're gonna take horseplay, things associated with a jockey
good choice nipsy, you'll be receiving first this round