Dead Toys

He placed

the

toy

at the

end of the shelf.

That was

it. 

There

was no

more room. What next?

Return them.

There's

an

idea. Take

them to the graves.

Set them

against

the 

stone or

lay on the slab.

Monotony

 soothes.

Never be,

 ever be.

A Hateful Man

comes home late.

Hateful man - 
comes home late

On the Sidewalk

nose to nose,
arguing.

In some cultures

 the family of air

Jesus

Christ can't go out
without
fearing death, destruction, unpleasant odors, jerks.
What
will happen tomorrow.

I See Color

If the insurgents were black,

there heads would be on spikes

Ice pops

or 
grilled cheese

Dirge

An organ,

voice,

hammer against board.

Patience

In the middle distance

there

is a 

boat and

a solitary fisherman waiting.

Eggs

He placed each egg
carefully in the
carton and slid
the
carton onto

the bottom shelf
and closed the
refrigerator door hoping the
cold
would slow

down the obsession contained
in each egg
and
the closed
door keep each

obsession confined should each
manage to break
from its egg.
This
method worked

better than sealed boxcars
and was less
objectionable.

City Sports

10000 volts powering
a suburban train
shrivels him to the size of a ham.

Sneakers over a power line,
rot above the street.

O

that wind
drives the dog crazy but
the
cat’s don’t mind

Now

where to go what to do next the oceans rise up to meet us and kick us away, push us further up the beach and up the mountains we never knew or thought they could climb that high but there you have it. The ocean is on the mountain and I don't mean like I mean on this is is no metaphor, no, the is something astonishing something never before seen at least by humans though perhaps it had happened before like millions of years ago. What if all the world was mountainous once and the ocean came and smashed everything down, and not the other way around?

66333

How many times must they go
through that same set of gates
and mow that
same lawn? Landscaper's
lives are hard.

Still life

Still, life

Lightly taken away

none can wait.

Enter

Not
before.

Riverwalk

Then they walked along the
river. There were dead
things there, and garbage, and
living things seeking
to find the sun above.

This river was always this way,
she said. Since she
was a little girl she
walked along picking
up bottles to collect deposits.

Home Again!

Once in the driveway he spilled
out of the car, coffee
in hand, cigarette
held high, precariously
balanced on heels

Well or No.

this is something worth
doing or is it worth doing
and if worth doing is
it worth doing well or
no

Arbella (days go by)

When in the course of human events

human events go by

when days go by in the course

of human events days go by.

When in the course of human events

we the people in order to form

a more perfect union go by days go by

we the people form a more perfect union.

When in the course of human events

our forefathers brought forth on this continent

a new nation days go by under a proposition

that we the people form a more perfect union.

When in the course of human events

dimly seen through the mists of the deep

the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes

to form a more perfect union days go by.

When in the course of human events

it is altogether fitting and proper

that we should do this fitting and proper

that we should do this as days go by,

When in the course of human events

we go to establish a city on a hill

a beacon we establish a beacon

as days go by it is fitting and proper.

When in the course of human events

it is fitting and proper and a dream that this

nation will rise up and live out the true

meaning of its creed as days go by.

A

Spent
can.

The voice

said to
wish others well, to wish
others
happiness, to wish others free from
suffering

He could do these
things. It wasn't so difficult -
but -
was he sincere and if not

Gone

to
see (sic)

Starvation

is a place
where movies
are made.

The pond

had been poisoned, so
the fish
killed
cats when eaten.

Create distance

from
the
lie

sids

What
we
dream.

Death

Releases
life.

She Made Bombs

From
Altoid
tins.

From Altoid tins.
She made them
On the way to work.

Alba

Gone.
Not gone.

What the dying man said.

Let's cut the preliminaries
and get right down
to it. I haven't
got all day.

All Actions

linger

After William Gass

The chores are my clock
I had always thought that
was turmoil and confusion. Let us leap
I have wrestled. But this bug
and there is a fierce joy
beggars every other, for its joy

Sometimes

quitting
is
best

If there was no second attempt
there would be no
death

Decided to live.

Gone to market,
buying food.

Momma Never Promised

not
to
cry

Could do

That which
could be
done.

Run

Don't run.

Turn,
don't turn.

That chair

is charming.

Live

in mind

Burried

beneath Elephant & Castle:

Shakespeare's sister

Frighten

Not provoke

To Give Happy

Give space,
time.

E

Ask:

Are you choking:

Halal:
hot food.

Pigeons

on exit,

sign.

Bought luggage

still works.

Hidden blooms

warn of spring.

Sadness

Falls
forth.

We have this

caramel apple pie

with walnuts.

Frozen

Caught out,
lost.

Seen

found
wanting.

Pushkin

Cold beauty
loved
balls at court

Levee

break

A Jewel

parsed

A word.

Just a pepper

maybe
milk

Never said.

Never.
Never said never.

Hidden

A dark jewel
parsed

A word.

Here

is gone.

Now
is in.

Off time.

In time.

Break

Now breathe.

Sure

of it,
sure.

On Air

In air -
of use.

Hidden

Now pass.

Long

sad
windows.

Shades drawn.
Shadow.

To the observer:

the spoils.

"Jesus"

Jesus
is a verb.

As is God

Happy here

Not there:

General

albiet
imperfect
infallibility

Ex Act

(after Covert)

recite -
Alfred Lord --

after -
Ulysses

MoMA

For lunch
is
NYC

What becomes you?

What becomes you.

Perhaps

a
swimmer

Worse things happen,

Said the blind man,
rolling his die..

Wish was

Not when was.

There.

To come back:
Two

Craft

lost
air

Find

some
kindness

Floor

with
shoe.

Find it.

Be kind

To be.

Who

is hunting something

They

Scare
quotes.

Try Happy

Try.
Happy?

From the same cloth

Cut

And a Gun

So violent.
Blood everywhere.

Set

/sit/
(in) side
(de) pression

After H.M.

The Swimming Pool
with
Women and Monkeys

Stay.

What we are

We ate.

Souls smashed down.

Matisse

Morocco
more

The Gift

from mother

You must believe

In reincarnation.

Be

Kind

Just

Not
alone.

Indexes

are
poetry

Three Words

for
Gordon
Lish

Silent

big
bang

vast
deep
tone

Do

something
then
something
else
again

Important

More
or
less

He came to the city

We slept in our clothes.

The Silent Pond

has
no
frogs.

Concrete

Sculptures
at home

Go

Sunday

Drone
Window
Painting

Something

on air

in air
of use

News

News
Stand
Socks

Here

Clouds
Sleep

One need not

Come and go:

Be cheerful

Twin lights dance

Dance:
Two lights

Sun blinds

time

Water

Steel
Beams

What went before

happened next

Into words

Take them home
Two words.

Hold up!

Look,
down.

Oxymoron

Dharma bum