Haikus for the end of the world (01/25/07)
I.
earthquakes and flash floods
four horsemen and Gabriel
just the world ending.
II.
skies raining hot blood
clarion call of divine
Game over man! Over!
III.
the end of this world
portents, omens, and evil
They are snausages.
Pier Evaluation (4/5/04)
barnacle,
barnacle,
dried on kelp
wood weathered
green and black
nails so rusty
i'm amazed the boards hang to the frame
yup, yup, yup.
it's a pier alright.
Musicians may have an edge over humans because of this(10/10/03)
smelling of cigarettes, alcohol,
teen spirit, a new cologne
everyone flocks to the edge
where the ideal stage
meets the real fans
where hands are not responsible
for their wandering
and like Hamlen's piper
they lead groupies to the green room
Land: Where the Colons are Big(4/3/03)
Overiflated commas may wear uneven
even damanging the prose
on which they run. Though
I hear in Texas everything is big:
grocery lists, and other
items in series
Tainted Journal(10/3/02)
This is Just to say
I said
the entries
that were in
the journal
and which
you were probably
believing
I'd not read.
Forgive me
they were delicious
so real
so involved
The Final Noun(4/26/02)
Each story terminates
a brief period,
ending with end.
The Alternative Final Noun (4/26/02)
You used to send 'flowers'
and 'cards' when we first met,
very concrete,
'love' is a bit abstract
it's not a word i can touch,
the final nouns
are 'goodbyes.'
I opted for Doritos
summer's late afternoon
the writing center is quiet
when we play at poetry
and popcorn
Going flat out like a lizard drinking
and the police car pulled out
behind him, red and blue flashers
flashing
that's why god gave us computers (3/4/02)
on on the seventy second day,
the microchip
and supercoductor
and on the 73rd,
SYSTEM ERROR: ALL FILES NOT SAVED WILL BE LOST
hence Jesus, to save the world
Titles in Process: "flat, juicy metaphysical squirrel" "the rocky road of car trouble and ear infections" "petrified cookies" "herbal emergency" "potentially explosive mistaken-ness" "they came from latin" "testicular fortitude" "i am my own circus" "godly cats" "legislative miasma" "eunics in space" "theoretical basis for lava lamps"
