The Trial of Moloch and Dionysus
I. I am seated upon my forefather’s Throne of Rot Their putrid crown brandished proudly atop my shame and coxcomb All around me the West burns and…
Tears for My Japanese E-Girlfriend
He laments his account being blocked by his lady I. Yuri...Yuri-chan! You were mine, The one dyed hair girl, bud from real-time: All real e-girls to…
“Lines in the Clouds” and “This, Too, Happened in the Palisades”
Lines in the Clouds the extinct dragon of the ozone rock salt shouldering its way into a darkening gray river sprouts dropping stones summershine…
“A Pleasurable Ailment” and “Cheers to Melancholy, Celebration, and Nothing at All”
A Pleasurable Ailment I quit smoking, so I went to the store to get some strawberries. This morning my usual stumble was replaced with an electric…
“Last Hour,” “Modern World,” “The Box,” and Other Poems
Last Hour I saw her the last hour when a glow suffused her face, her movements fast and strong, more alive than the rest of us that the house cat…
“Rabbits on the Grass” and “In Public”
Rabbits on the Grass The half overflows, all disappears nothing‘s sacred a man knows me, in the crisis nothing‘s sacred the legs left me, let me…
“Executive Overstay,” “Wag Us,” and “The Blimps”
Executive Overstay "They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds." --- Mexican proverb He wasn't going to leave. It hit us like a virus when…
In the Meekest Dreamery
the dreamed red sun of the morning--- thus I get tender letters. On wings of the morning glow--- I fly into lands of butterfly-like hearts. In my…
“Proserpina,” “Five Thousand Cancers,” “Damocles,” and “Two Cannibals in a Blackout”
Proserpina The blood of old idioms climb my suffering like ivy / feral words that slide from my mouth sound just like you, impersonating the…
“Fish Head,” “The Bone Balloon,” “Appellation D’Origine Contrôlée,” and Other Poems
Fish Head The two halves of one face zipped Together, coccyx to C1 Hold pensively taut as a dried leaf Fish hanging from a clothes horse outside A…
