Red Tin Noodles

Grocery store’s the new killing floor. And those without an arsenal aren’t cool. Man can’t even get a decent massage any more. And those guns that they carry ain’t old school. Got bombs and vests … Read more

They should hold the Olympics on that boat in the canal. Melt down the golden medals and distribute on PayPal. Forget the roadside run from Fukushima with the torch. Postpone a year for Covid fear, … Read more

And now that he’s in Florida, the nation’s karma pit, the word has spread, his followers must carry all his shit. Insults, hating, baiting, grating, all the way to killing. Of course, the orchestrator finds the … Read more

Iceland melted by volcano. Mar a Lago cocktail, Drano. Deshaun Watson’s penis-flashing. Sex addiction defense crashing. Covid cases see uptick. Dad drops child in zoo cage. Sick! Bear spray used now to protest. Austin mourns … Read more

Spring comes knocking at a cold front door. Why do folks come out no more? Answers follow, though they’re vague. Has something to do with plague. Only come outside for tasks. When they do, they … Read more

Cicadas are coming, it’s best be prepared. Their numbers are huge but no need to be scared. They’ve been underground now for seventeen years. In April or May, they’ll emerge to great cheers. The cycle … Read more

Numbers mean nothing anymore. Now it’s all just algorithm. Digits treated like a whore, bytes and dots like catechism. Streaming reams of memes and tics, subjects strewn like pickup sticks. All bells rung and all chords … Read more

The poem I just ingested is already gurgling questions. But my interests are elsewhere invested. Digestion has its own suggestions. My mind has been elsewhere on manhood, pink clouds passing, silence, and time. I think … Read more

How dark will be our Archie’s skin? And will the royals let him in? We should have changed his name, they said. But who calls their own child “Jughead”? They cried about my baby bump. … Read more

Some folks would put people down. Others like to pick ’em up. But the ones should wear a crown are the folks who love a pup. Those in need of an ice melter, are aplenty, get … Read more

When insurrection doesn’t work, try secession, it’s knee-jerk. If your land won’t serve you well, tell those blues to go to hell. Red states can live on their own. Bureaucrats, leave us alone. We are not a … Read more

The cats are on the roam inside their kitty dome, with bed, bored, string and boxes they create their self-styled home, where outside view’s essential and proximity to heat. When they think residential, everything outside is … Read more

Once upon a winter’s day, a man fell through the snow. He’d plunged into a well-sized hole, a spot he did not know. When climbing out proved too much task, he just looked to survive. The … Read more

Goodnight kids. O goodnight kids. It’s time now for going to sleep. Just drop yourselves down into seams of dreams and cuddle, all warm, in the deep. Then wake up in the morning, to a newly … Read more

Critter dropped his life’s work down the Walpole Prison sink. Wasn’t twenty minutes ‘fore the pipe began to stink. The warden came, said, ‘Who’s to blame?” We said, “Who do you think?” Then they saw … Read more

Climbing up ladders in a play about dreams, vague bones in bright costume shuffle to and from the earth, like wallowing stars. An artist severs his tongue with question marks. Fighting is an invasion of … Read more

Obfuscating turtle mouth. Spine weaker than his chin. Dolorous tone of his lies. The south just rose again. Oh, sure, he did just what you said, but didn’t break the law. Hundreds hurt and several dead. … Read more