Transfigured Where is the boy inside? Is he scratching at the crust of a cocoon? Every cell is replaced after fifty years Seven times seven times over Each bit of protoplasm is numbered With lost causes under eyes Drawn tight over leering shades Strutting on Dog’s legs In iridescent feathers And showing the soul on […]

This is your life You awaken to The buzzer-honking questions About south American dictators Algebraic imbalances in the give and receive account Haunting midnight talks red whining About the loneliness Where were you and what were you doing? The host is a hyper guy in a bow tie Offering curtains and doors On other floors […]

Can’t Have it   Blessed sacraments disguised as crushed junior mints Lay on the linoleum floor at the holy K-Mart. Everywhere you look is the smell of shit Everywhere you sniff you smell the dark. May as well…. Sit and soak at home Blowing civil breath across the teeth Kissing a coward culture That crawls […]