Marshmallow Moon
Me and my dear daughter Are a-goin’ to the moon She’s pilot of our spaceship And we’ve gotta get there soon We’re bringin’ back some samples Of rocks an’ dymond … Continue Reading Marshmallow Moon
Say not goodnight
how has it come to this pass has it all been for love unrequited or that yours has never been seen all that you have reached for all the rare … Continue Reading Say not goodnight
Wanting to stay
Slovenly sleep, or so it seems…. in the lightening shades of darker dreams. Delicious lucidity, floating the soul over depths of disturbing finality. Let us stay in this state, where … Continue Reading Wanting to stay
From under the eyebrows
As a young man, out with the raucous crowd of youth, he’d followed their lead. Made with the dirty giggles, the snide remarks, the invented names, the donkey grins whenever … Continue Reading From under the eyebrows
Animal crackers
a stork, a crane, a pelican a leaping jumping gnu a fish’s spiny skeleton a pouchy kangaroo a monkey, mink, and elephant a cassowary too but daisies are not relevant … Continue Reading Animal crackers
Soup of the Evening
Like Dorothy ‘mongst the poppies I cannot stay awake I dream of old jalopies And fuzzy birthday cake I hear the voices calling Get up, you lazy thing But I … Continue Reading Soup of the Evening
If you like
If you like, Let’s stroll in the snow The flakes flittering In the moonlit glow Then at home, Out the window, The ice glittering. Ah, what a show! If you … Continue Reading If you like
Hand in hand
we, both of us awake from the blessed sleep after death’s embrace the fluids of Heaven’s womb drain from our eyes and ears we lie we look our breath upon … Continue Reading Hand in hand
Poisonous
Under the skin, something poisonous. Like an acid flowing, as if from the Alien monster. Watch out for the dribbling! Often now, there are thoughts that reflect that menacing countenance. … Continue Reading Poisonous
My Polar opposite
On a crowded woodland train up north, ‘Twas bound for Moosonee. The coach was swaying back and forth, And you gave your seat to me. With upturned face and smiling … Continue Reading My Polar opposite
My Mary
I wake up this morning my heart is so full I’ve made your long tresses from the blackest of wool your dark eyes a-shining your cheeks rosy red your lashes … Continue Reading My Mary
Buying tomorrow
Congratulations, Sir!……………..Sir! You have bought into your Third Century! I am one hundred and ninety nine years young. By virtue of my accidental genes, and the continuance thereof, I have … Continue Reading Buying tomorrow
#11 Dream
I went to the new bakery in town. It had an opening soon sign on it for two years. Today was the day. It has a very small door,and is … Continue Reading #11 Dream
Silly one
I accidentally smiled today it couldn’t have been clearer I caught myself when passing by the lavatory mirror ‘Twas you I hadn’t seen for months your funny face appearing I … Continue Reading Silly one
XXX
there’s a stirring in the wrinkled prunes not pitted yet, they engender, in sleepy spring nights, a furnace of fuel for that Rocket Man that Pied Piper Pilot always known … Continue Reading XXX
a sort of Trinity
Backpacking, at the age of twenty five. So young, strong, happy, sober. Secure in myself, and, indeed, it is only me today. In new territory, I am making for the … Continue Reading a sort of Trinity
