Now what’s happened is that the decay has gotten backdown into the gum line and you’ve got to understand, we tried, we did what we could, Champ, it’s got to go.The house tour was like a corral, though the feelings suggest a slow down, the museof youth, a picture on the browning wall.Dear mom, I … Continue reading Short Poem No.25

The theater lights fade to diamondsAs his heart races his palms sweatHe’s been saying lines from three acts into the futureOnly a handful of diamonds can save his ass nowThe heating unit must be brokenbut it’s not what he’s doing up therereading manuscripts left by every tenantof apartment 1R since the seventies.Happy is as happy … Continue reading Short Poem No.23

Silent confusion in the red dust cloud. the rumble of fear grows     then       takeoff!&Down you go,a little wind-up motor in the birth canal at first lightBlack pants, pain in the neck, torn shoe, Saturday.