I'M PUFFY--
OVERSTUFFED
TIME RUNNING DONE
I'M LEFT UNTOUCHED
I'M LEFT--
THEN ZERO
BURIED UNDER TOE
I'M HOOK-LINE SINKING
I'M HOOKED--
UN-PHONE SEX
DEATH TOLL RINGING
I'M RANTING ON THE VINE
I'M RANTING--
ON EMPTY
FULL GLASS LOW
I'M MIND FIELD RACING
I'M MIND--
OVER MADDER
CLOGGED ODD FLOW
I'M EVEN SEETHING
I'M EVEN--
ADAMANT
HILLS WHITE ELEPHANTS
I'M DOWN TRODDEN
I'M DOWN--
AND BLACK-OUT
EATING CHOCOLATE GROWTH
I'M GREENER UNEASING
I'M GREEN--
SOD PHONY
WEEDING GARDEN FOE
SOME UNKNOWN LESION
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~ELEMENT O~
YOU'RE SO TACKY
LIKE COTTON CANDY
YOU ONLY SPEAK
IN PUFFED UP BUBBLES
AIRY PASTELS OF PINK
BLUE AND LAVENDER SWIRLS
YOU'RE SO CORNY
SO SATURDAY MORNY
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE AFTER
YOU'RE LIKE THE PINK PANTHER
EXIT STAGE LEFT
AND KEEP ON MOVIN'
DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'
IN THAT LEAVIN' FEELIN'
YOU'RE SO TACKY
LIKE COTTON CANDY
IF YOU WERE LIKE
THE KIND IN A BAG
THAT'D BE COOL
CUZ IT WOULD SMOTHER YOU
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~SHAD~
OCEAN PEACE LIKE TOXIC ICE
A SINGLE SNEAK LIES ON ITS
SIDE
SOLE HALF SUNK IN SHEET LIQUID
GLASS
AND I'M SEASICK AGAIN
BLACK WATER TANK FORMER FIRST
CLASS
BURN MIDNIGHT OIL FISH OXYGEN
MASK
ONLY BIRDS FLY FREE AND DON'T
HAVE TO ASK
AND I'M SEASICK AGAIN
SEA SPLIT PIECE SOUP ENGINE
FLOOD CHOKE
GOT FUSELAGE LOZENGES LODGED
IN MY THROAT
BARF BAG - BODY BAG,
DOG PADDLE - FLOAT
AND I'M SEASICK AGAIN
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~VACANCY~
ALL MY LIFE IN BLACK & WHITE
COLORS JUST DO NOT SEEM RIGHT
OTHERS DON'T SEE WHAT I DO
& I'M TRAPPED & BLACK & BLUE
PICTURES DO NOTHING TO CAPTURE
THE DAMAGE LEFT AFTER THE
RAPTURE
THE OPEN WOUND THAT WILL NOT
HEAL
BECAUSE THE PAIN IS ALL I FEEL
AND IF A PHOTO STEALS MY SOUL
MINE WON'T FILL UP A FUCKING
ROLL
I WAS BROKEN LIKE A WHORE
NEVER PURE FOR EVERMORE
TRAILING PIECES ON THE GROUND
QUIETLY, WITHOUT A SOUND
PICTURES CAN'T COLLECT A VOICE
OR AN AGONIZING CHOICE
WHEN THEY GAZE DO THEY SEE
PHASES
OR A LAB RAT, TRAINING MAZES
OR A SURFACE THAT CAN'T EXIST
OR THE SMILE THEY CAN'T RESIST
WHEN HE LOOKS WHAT WILL HE SEE
BENEATH THE SKIN THAT COVERS
ME
A BOOK THAT'S DEEP WITH UNREAD
PAGES
LEFT UNTOUCHED THROUGH ALL THE
AGES
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~BLUE~
THE RAIN TASTES AWFUL SWEET
YELLOW TAKES--
SUCH A KIND THIEF
CROSSROADS--FELT THE GROUND
LEAVE MY FEET
AS I SLIP UNDERNEATH
STAIN-LAID FLOWERS IN THE
STREET
GRAY GAVE SUCH GREAT RELIEF
RAINY - WATER - BLOODY - MEET
SLIPPING UNDERNEATH
LAST BREATH ON THE LEFT
WHEN LIGHTS LOOK RED
ALWAYS STOP ON GREEN
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~ELEGY FOR STAMPY~
FISH-
YOU MOCKED ME WITH YOUR DISCONTENT-
YOUR NINE MONTH HUNGER STRIKE
FED MY MATERNAL DRIVE
INTO THE MOUTH OF YOUR WHIRLING GRAVE-
YOU GRIPED ABOUT THE RED FLAKES
IN YOUR TRI-COLORED TRAIL MIX FLAKE FISH FOOD-
SO I KEPT MY PINCHING NAILS
LONG ENOUGH TO SEPARATE
THE RED FLAKES FROM THE
OLIVE GREEN FLAKES AND DIJON YELLOW FLAKES-
BUT YOU WERE STILL
AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR GLASS DOME BOWL-
YOU LAID YOUR BRICK RED BODY WITH ITS
TRAILING VEIL-LIKE THIN FINS AND ALL
UPON THE DARK EMERALD GEM STONES AND
CLEAR GLASS MARBLES THAT TILED YOUR BOWL FLOOR
AND LET THE FOOD FLAKES
FLOAT-THEN-FALL
DOWN TO YOUR MOUTH WHERE
YOU SUCKED THEM IN WHOLE LIKE A VACUUM
THEN COUGHED THEM UP IN AN EXHALE
WORTHY OF A FINE CUBAN CIGAR-
WHICH GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE OVERALL
APPEARANCE AND SWAMP-LIKE QUALITY
IN YOUR THICK WATER KINGDOM--
YOU WERE SPOILED LIKE SUSHI
AND FLUSHED LIKE SALMONELLA--
AND I'LL MISS YOU
LIKE THE FLU.
ddg___________________________
~RAY OF LIGHT~
TREES DROP PINK
ON A FIELD OF GREEN
I FEEL HIM DEEPER
THAN I DID AT 14
HE BREAKS THRU THE GATES
AND HE RIPS THRU THE THORNS
AND HE GIVES ME A LIGHT
FROM THE DARKNESS I'VE WORN
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~SOAK COBALT*bloat*dye*croak~
BLUE CHROMA
SATURATED MY TRUE COLORS
LIKE A SPONGE
SO THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
THIS SIEVE IS WHERE I LIVE
WITHOUT LIVING
I BREATHE NOT BY CHOICE
MISFORTUNES ARE GIVENS
THEY TAKE THE PEACH
AWAY AND ARE REPLACED--
THE CRAZED MASTERPIECE MADE
BY THE GRUBBY PLAY-CAKED
FRUSTRATED PALMS OF A
PUZZLE-FRAZZLED FOUR-YEAR-OLD
WHO MISTAKES
THE DEEP LAKE CENTER OF THE SCENE
FOR THE SKY-BLUE EDGE PIECES
AND LEAVES ME
NO BORDERS
BUT A HAZY EQUATOR
BYE, BI-POLAR BEAR
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
**I CAN BE BOTH--
AND MORE**
DEEP-LOCK MONSTER
MODERN DAY EYE-SORE
FORTUNATELY FOR YOU
I NO LONGER RESURFACE
(IN THIS FORM)
THESE DARK ADAPTED EYES
SEE NOTHING
BUT MY OWN COLOSSAL EXTREMITIES
(SEA ASYLUM--SALT INJUNCTION
SOYLENT PLUM--
TAP WATER FRICTION)
I MENTION FOOD OFTEN
BUT HUNGER FOR NOTHING
CRAVING FROM NATURE
NO MORE THAN HER HUES
I'VE STARVED THE FRUIT
FROM MY WOODEN FRAME
(THEN SET IT AFLAME)
AND I'M SATISFIED--
A FINE CANVAS--
BAPTIZED--BLISS--
I'VE QUICKENED THE HARVEST
WITH STICKY TAR FINGERS--
SALVE-STAINED
SANGUINE MORTAR
SCARLET PETAL WOUND--
MY DARK REDRUM
A VIOLET PAYNE-
EMERGING MAGENTA-
I CAN BE THE BEAUTIFUL
FULL SPECTRUM OF BLUE-
VIOLET---(MAGNIFICENT)--
**PERIOD**.
ddg___________________________
~LEAD ASHTRAY~
ONCE THERE WAS A GIRL
ONCE THERE WAS A CURE
ONCE THERE WAS A DREAM
IF ONLY SHE COULD SLEEP
ONCE THERE WAS A MAN
ONCE THERE WAS A PLAN
ONCE THERE WAS A WAY
IF ONLY FOR A DAY
IF ONLY I WAS SOMEONE ELSE
IF ONLY TIME WAS LEFT UNFELT
IF EVERYTHING WAS SHADES OF
GRAY
MAYBE I COULD FADE AWAY
IF ONLY I WOULD NOT LOOK BACK
IF ONLY SIGHT WOULD TURN TO
BLACK
IF EVERYTHING WOULD FADE AWAY
...ONCE UPON A TIME LED ASTRAY
ONCE THERE WAS A GIRL
WHO HOPED TO FIND A CURE
SHE WISHED UPON A DREAM
IF ONLY SHE COULD SLEEP
ddg___________________________
~K~
COME ON, BABY
MAKE ME SOME COFFEE
CUZ YOU MAKE IT BETTER
YOU'RE MAKING IT BETTER
GIVE ME A LIGHT
TO GET THRU THE NIGHT
AND I'LL BE ALRIGHT
YOU'RE BACK IN MY LIFE
ddg___________________________