Hour 23: Asper Honest

highlight every detail, leave nothing out, never made it into the holy kingdom, but slept outside of it for many days. wasted away like summoning, far more deadly than any ancient, except you, of course. i was telling you of the world, the universe.

Hour 22: Lethe

took me to river Lethe, washed me in all his purity. drowned every other god, who would not come and swallow me as we would have wanted. i bred myself out, sent you a clone of my aftermath. sleepless nights echo when your silence taps…

Final Hour and Desperate Measures

Dan the fireman told me he was made for three things: to play baseball, put out fires, and fuck. But he left ball and bat at home and there is no smoke in this bar.

The Long and Winding Trail

t began in the year nineteen hundred and twenty, With many Indian tribes working just to earn a penny. They set up their tee-pee homes, And let the sheep, cow, and buffalo roam. But then one terrible day, The government forced them away, From the…

Maniacal Ranting at the End of My Time Here

I once met a man with fifteen cats. My policy is even one deems a man untrustworthy. So, I told him all my secrets, he didn’t tell a single one. I met a woman with a serpent’s tongue. Her truth sounded like lies, and mothers…

Wisdom

As I rise to the occasion Wings full filling all time, matter and space to embrace the universe i dip from the moon’s glow and caress the milky way’s threshold to cover her whole land and sea skies unfold 5 fold 1 – 2 –…

Keep Your Shoestrings Tight

Make sure your shoestrings are tight As you walk through life Taking it all in stride One step at a time The beauty of life can’t help but enthrall Moving along without the trip and the fall Take it in stride as you take in…

Poem 19 — I Am Tired

I am amazed at the time my eyes stayed open, I proved that opportunities encouraged me like the help of a friend. So much resided in my mind over the course of a day, Still sounds and expressions go unanswered, I couldn’t phrase what I…

In the Same Place, Another Must Go Also

In the Same Place, Another Must Go Also loam loose underfoot, dark tome for a quarrel rested between forest floor and a lyric of mantra on the tongue, brittle sand crisp from wind droning. i take a wisp of gin on my lips and my…

Poem 20 — You WILL Be My Friend!

“Come on Mr. Bear. Let’s go with the fox”. Demanded the little girl. She insisted on befriending two vicious animals, to make them, a part of her world. “Where are you going fox? Come back here. Go to my playhouse for tea, my dear. I’m…