Oh Brother in Law! selected poetry
Zen Walking. Oh brother in law! You teach me To meditate On each step I take Never to look too far ahead To concentrate Because oh brother in law Your dog shits everywhere Especially out side my door Turds clustered Like land mines Oh brother in law I guess I’m soon to be A Zen [...]
A TRASPARENT EXPLANATION
A TRANSPARENT EXPLANATION The X-rays are proof Conclusive evidence Exposing my nature Confirming my small heart And poor circulation “you’re so cold” you say but that’s the way I was made my love is detached lobotomized severed from the sentimentality of my mind I got the X-rays today So you could see for yourself.
Dog Eye Bone
DOG EYE BONE The city That butcher Hacks Through meat and bone And I snap at the pieces My muzzle gnaws Drops And Gnaws Drops And Snaps At another And another Another Another My dog eye bone Tense At the presence of other muzzles Snapping at choice cuts of meat I growl with savage hunger [...]
IN THIS CHICKEN COOP
in-this-chicken-coop IN THIS CHICKEN COOP In this chicken coop We are Economic transactions Paying prices Set and stamped Pecking at bar codes Like chickens QQQQQQQ QQQQQQQ Quantity QQQQQQQ QQQQQQQ Quantity Willingly we enter Massive barns Like warehouses And we con con constantly Consume The lowest price Which dictates law The selection has been made A [...]
STATIC
STATIC The radio was playing Broadcasting And we were communicating But I thought I could do better So I tried to say more From the frequency stationed in my mind With an adjustment I thought I could get my voice and message clearer And so I moved the dial Raised the antenna And my tongue [...]
To the Candy Princess
To the Candy Princess From This Field From this poppy field I confess I’m comfortable From here I contemplate Listening to echo’s With my minds memory playing out The Symphonie Fantastique Re-remembering the dance I danced At La BAL From this field I can see and hear them Busy busy bees Busy body bees Buzzing [...]
A SOUTH KOREAN SCHOOL ASSEMBLY
A SOUTH KOREAN SCHOOL ASSEMBLY I stand in the empty Teachers room By the window Behind the flag Watching Pubescent boys Ordered into formation Looking up To the structurally elevated authority The principals harsh face Stares down from the podium His mouth contorts Spitting Shouting into the microphone That amplifies And distorts his words On [...]
THE SQUID
THE SQUID I ate dried squid Feasted on it’s tentacles Burnt them over my gas range stove Then dipped them in mayonnaise And I thought As I chewed and chewed How stupid the squid is To jump into traps Light being the only bait Just like moths that burn themselves in the flame The squid [...]
Lost Seoul
lost-seoul
Run Young Heart Run
Run young heart run I’m wiser Older Though I may feel my pulse race I run not Anymore Run young heart Run From where I stand It’s a chess game Strategic, calculated moves So let the rabbit run the race Run young heart run There’s lots to chase But only one to catch
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