Posts Tagged ‘poem’

Jazzed

Mingus, Miles and Monk decided notes were better oft divided. Bass and horn and ivory worked to set the rhythm free. Trane then took it off the track. Melody would not come back.

Earl of the Flies

He claims he wrote the very first hillbilly constitution. He got hit by a truck but still awaits his restitution. Born to rust and death by dust are words in his preamble. He lost a … Read more

Percentage Point

Oh, one percent, we’re very sorry. Your time has just gone down, in glory. We’ve just agreed to feed the world and, in return, no rockets hurled, a peace over the very globe descended. All … Read more

Infant Museum

I awoke in a sweat but the toys were asleep, the noise of childhood faded. I had cut my hair, cut my finger, but couldn’t cut my losses. Time bled, profusely, into the night. Laughter … Read more

Talking Her Down

Don’t wed that fool. He’s still in school. You’ll work to pay his loan. His head’s too big, his eyes too small. And listen to his tone. He’s mister smart. He’s mister right. He’s got … Read more

Majority Rules

Some things in life aren’t too pretty: acid trips in Kansas City; motorcades in downtown Dallas; racks and shackles in the palace; fast foods made with rats and roaches; little league abusive coaches; bible thumpers … Read more

The Green Ninja (for Charlie)

The flying green ninja will not harm the ground. His tactics are all ecologically sound. He fights against fracking and ozone pollution. He champions thought as the safest solution. He doesn’t believe in the throwing … Read more

Medicinal Weed

Put me on a government list. Gotta get me some of this. I got problems medical. Need some prophethetical Gotta smoke to get me well. Government can go to hell. Give my name to Uncle … Read more

As we grow, so we wilt

Sometime’s life’s so good you have to scream, even if in pain, glorious pain. Moments aren’t so fleeting as they seem, oft repeating, back and back again. Dreams appear to stitch it all together. Years … Read more

Cutlass

I gave a boy a pirate toy; he cut me with a sword. I taught a little girl to whirl, until she got too bored. An old man walks on darker streets. Increasingly, they narrow. … Read more

Long Shot

If I had money in my pocket, I’d lend it on the spot, like betting on a rocket to hit a microdot. Anything is possible if you can beat the odds. All it takes is … Read more

Biohazard

The long legs of the law of physics unravel like a chemical cuff. Strands of conversation multiply into equations of noise unfamiliar. Arms of love encircle scientific concept. Atoms split, molecules cool. Genes are always … Read more

The Turtle

A turtle has no moxie. It’s probably too boxy. Must be a living hell encumbered by that shell. To let one win a race would bring lifelong disgrace. To bolster tortoise pride, one martyr rabbit … Read more

A Mention of Tension

Intervention. It just can’t compensate for your intention. The failures great and just too long to mention. I hope that I have garnered your attention. The probables defying all retention. The touching points define the … Read more

Pound of Flesh

Dog men bark in afternoon breezes, fetching papers to train masters, tails awag for justice. The bone of existence. They run in packs, an army of homeless carnivores clawing evening alleys for scrap iron and … Read more