She’s queen of catholics
a megalith thicketeer
all the brambly family history
flush to the conch of her ear
sycamore-staunch, she molds
mountaintop memories
emerald and lavender
with snowmelt and lilies.
The sunstruck children
where old gulls live
fish for angels along
brackish shores, give
sycamore silence
to the spumante palaces
where the sleepers go
kissing their chalices.
30.3.19
30.8.17
Care
Even when you've scratched
the road signs new names
Or burned a letter jacket
Due diligence still needs be due
Characters can alight in trees
But eveningsong doesn't write poetry
Poetry writes poetry, coming back
tanned vacation-certain(ly).
Your baby fever is my fasting period
when I imagine limiting my flagrant life
The baby is a synonym for care
and care is the product of wisdom
which I have precious little of.
A trenchcoat of gremlins
makes up my body: too babyish,
no satisfying whole parent package
Although that is really
an image of perfection
which neither of us had (nor needed?)
and is a synonym for retreat from pain
Care is the relief of pain by the use of wisdom
which makes me certain(ly)
The pause during sex as I try to parse
your facial expressions before asking "is this OK?"
The baby should be diligent. It might be
an asshole, which would reflect badly for
all humanity, since what if aliens came and
the baby was rude? Humanity would accuse us
of being poor parents. That would be pain.
The shock of stubbing a toe and being
reminded that your body has a finite edge
and you are overstepping it! Police yourself.
Care also implies awareness, the application
of wisdom over the environment. This means
I am unaware, for the most part
my environment is curated precisely.
Men at work are vacationers
they live on islands certain(ly).
Really all people, there's no need to restrict
to men, a stupidly vague term.
The work produces experience,
IF you take care (don't screw up)
which is the patience of wisdom.
See how it makes a lullaby?
Diligent characters, birds maybe,
build nests and prepare through their work
rather than concentrating on eveningsong
If you stay up all night singing, good luck
getting worms in the morning.
The freshest produce is a matter of opinion
For the time being I can eat spoiled stuff
And practice wisdom.
the road signs new names
Or burned a letter jacket
Due diligence still needs be due
Characters can alight in trees
But eveningsong doesn't write poetry
Poetry writes poetry, coming back
tanned vacation-certain(ly).
Your baby fever is my fasting period
when I imagine limiting my flagrant life
The baby is a synonym for care
and care is the product of wisdom
which I have precious little of.
A trenchcoat of gremlins
makes up my body: too babyish,
no satisfying whole parent package
Although that is really
an image of perfection
which neither of us had (nor needed?)
and is a synonym for retreat from pain
Care is the relief of pain by the use of wisdom
which makes me certain(ly)
The pause during sex as I try to parse
your facial expressions before asking "is this OK?"
The baby should be diligent. It might be
an asshole, which would reflect badly for
all humanity, since what if aliens came and
the baby was rude? Humanity would accuse us
of being poor parents. That would be pain.
The shock of stubbing a toe and being
reminded that your body has a finite edge
and you are overstepping it! Police yourself.
Care also implies awareness, the application
of wisdom over the environment. This means
I am unaware, for the most part
my environment is curated precisely.
Men at work are vacationers
they live on islands certain(ly).
Really all people, there's no need to restrict
to men, a stupidly vague term.
The work produces experience,
IF you take care (don't screw up)
which is the patience of wisdom.
See how it makes a lullaby?
Diligent characters, birds maybe,
build nests and prepare through their work
rather than concentrating on eveningsong
If you stay up all night singing, good luck
getting worms in the morning.
The freshest produce is a matter of opinion
For the time being I can eat spoiled stuff
And practice wisdom.
8.4.17
Ooze
if it be not now,
then it will come
try with both hands
I'm sorry you're bored
catfish whiskers don't steer
so much as instigate ideas
which is naughty
collapse your cheek into my shoulder
jesus fuck
how long does it take
to lighten my load?
Brautigan was nothing fancy
but you never had the patience
to fi(ni)sh me off
then it will come
try with both hands
I'm sorry you're bored
catfish whiskers don't steer
so much as instigate ideas
which is naughty
collapse your cheek into my shoulder
jesus fuck
how long does it take
to lighten my load?
Brautigan was nothing fancy
but you never had the patience
to fi(ni)sh me off
19.12.16
For my Mother on her Birthday
Moon mother
Way up there
Off to work
Before morning
My dishes put away
Red wine rings
On night glasses
Moon mother
Somewhere near Dog Star
but not too close
Off across the sky
before morning
Moon mother
coaxes me down from ledges
Flattens the sky
Until I see dust
around her lashes
dinner's taken care of
Moon mother
Calls me when she walks the dog
Talks business at 9pm
We eclipse glimpses
Every once in a while
Way up there
Off to work
Before morning
My dishes put away
Red wine rings
On night glasses
Moon mother
Somewhere near Dog Star
but not too close
Off across the sky
before morning
Moon mother
coaxes me down from ledges
Flattens the sky
Until I see dust
around her lashes
dinner's taken care of
Moon mother
Calls me when she walks the dog
Talks business at 9pm
We eclipse glimpses
Every once in a while
30.9.16
Séance
Catch-all psychics leave white damp doilies. Black ants march at the no answer. Marsh light vomits through blinds blinded bug-winded old man nests on mats splotchy skin sweaty river crossers ford for no answer. Take a calculated risk. Pay out pray but try not pry knots off no answer. Sanction done over-overall drawn small psychics leave horoscope Mercury liquid to trickle in your underwire. Take a breath. Try to think. Count down until you can hold your Yukon Jack close to firepits close to the overpass where we performed Super Depression Research. Take a pill. It's an above average Sunday for a Monday.
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