I hate poetry
Because it keeps me up nights
Sweat-stained and wild-eyed.
There is truth in them there lines
To be parsed and plodded fine.
an exercise in frustration, an exploration of Japanese poetics, an exhibition in haphazardry.
5.19.2012
Middlemay
It is ninety-two
tonight in Minnesota.
The pepper plants reach
for heat like wetted clothes,
I long for coke and chunked ice.
tonight in Minnesota.
The pepper plants reach
for heat like wetted clothes,
I long for coke and chunked ice.
It Was Never Really About Perez
This is the last time
I will write about Perez.
No more will I think
of his blood pooled red. Of his
unnatural death. Of mine.
I will write about Perez.
No more will I think
of his blood pooled red. Of his
unnatural death. Of mine.
5.16.2012
Eulogy
Kentucky meditation:
Bluegrass, cardinal, opaque
Bourbon glass ice-filled
Honeysuckle rosebuds race
A murder of crooked crows
Bluegrass, cardinal, opaque
Bourbon glass ice-filled
Honeysuckle rosebuds race
A murder of crooked crows
5.14.2012
After the Party
Midnight mascara
Juleps mint and saccharin
Struggle swipe and smart
I blame the bossa nova
I blame ten million roses.
Juleps mint and saccharin
Struggle swipe and smart
I blame the bossa nova
I blame ten million roses.
5.10.2012
Talisman
I find it luckless
Adan Fabian Perez
was not carrying
a doll from Guatemala
to shield him from his worries.
Adan Fabian Perez
was not carrying
a doll from Guatemala
to shield him from his worries.
5.09.2012
Rhymin' and Stealin'
"four and three and two
and one, and when i'm on the
mic, the suckers run..."
eighties battle rap haikus
from the buddhist mca
and one, and when i'm on the
mic, the suckers run..."
eighties battle rap haikus
from the buddhist mca
5.08.2012
1 in 1677
For the moment let's
Forget nearly seventeen
Hundred violent
Deaths occurred on Saturday.
And Sunday. And Monday. And...
Forget nearly seventeen
Hundred violent
Deaths occurred on Saturday.
And Sunday. And Monday. And...
5.07.2012
Chronicle of a Death Untold
The world unravels
after blue ribbons, whiskey
chasers, and Cuban
cigars. The rest of the night
blurs to daylight save for one.
after blue ribbons, whiskey
chasers, and Cuban
cigars. The rest of the night
blurs to daylight save for one.
5.06.2012
I'll Have Another
Last night a middle
aged man was found dead behind
a Derby barn.
There was foul play--of course there was--
and mint juleps and large hats.
aged man was found dead behind
a Derby barn.
There was foul play--of course there was--
and mint juleps and large hats.
5.05.2012
Race Day
It's only fitting
that on Cinco de Mayo
the derby winner
was steered by a Mexican
and named I'll Have Another.
that on Cinco de Mayo
the derby winner
was steered by a Mexican
and named I'll Have Another.
5.04.2012
No Mas
Tonight the Yankees
will not pitch Mariano
no matter the score.
And MCA won't get no
sleep til Brooklyn anymore.
will not pitch Mariano
no matter the score.
And MCA won't get no
sleep til Brooklyn anymore.
5.03.2012
Off
Tonight I'm misplaced,
soaked in the sweat of early May,
girded by silence,
the Buddha beads wrapped around
my wrist too loose to do good.
soaked in the sweat of early May,
girded by silence,
the Buddha beads wrapped around
my wrist too loose to do good.
5.02.2012
Tornado Sirens
Spring hail sounds sharply
The sun slumbers in the west
Eyes survey skyward
May brings wanton violence
To unhurried Midwest towns
The sun slumbers in the west
Eyes survey skyward
May brings wanton violence
To unhurried Midwest towns
5.01.2012
The Problem in Leonardo's Basement
Water shortages
in the Middle East, Southeast
Asia, and Northern
Africa make fresh water
terrorism more plausible.
in the Middle East, Southeast
Asia, and Northern
Africa make fresh water
terrorism more plausible.
4.30.2012
Nineteen Months from Whole Cloth
At eight thirty three
a baby cried. At thirty four
another followed.
Now--nineteen months from whole cloth--
you've woven untold tall tales.
a baby cried. At thirty four
another followed.
Now--nineteen months from whole cloth--
you've woven untold tall tales.
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