In the voice of a modern poetRapidly write a haiku aboutMurdered and scalped in 1676By the justifiably enraged Saget of the soon extinct Narragansett Near what is now Providence, fee and fithe bones of an EnglishmanBuried under Hamlet’s millLost when it blazed across heavenA century laterRadio-waves raised from the ashes▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ AI responds:A pilgrim’s bones lieIn…
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Fingernails
The strange sadness At the end of reading a bookLong coke scooping fingernails Hoping for joy or clarity Great for getting ticks Off the pet chimpanzee The non sequitur of it allEiffel TowerSmell of turpentine Wheels spinning As non existent asSarte’s embalming fluid 5/5/2023
Indices
4/22/2023
Confession: Ancient Trans gression
May Day 1976 the entire contingentof the gay pride paradein the Fan of Richmond VaTurned off the streetin a prearranged choreography Up the packed aisle of thethe active church transitioning to music department stage“Bozo Face Makes a Waltz”was playing over the sound system the bassoon, cello and piano with electronics purring and spurting The ensemble of cross dressed celebrants mounted theFormer…
Ashes of Pompei
Cubicle on the 23rd floorClimate anxiety Sudden shock from static electricity A colorful mosaic As fingers tighten Over there, not here, not nownever hereRoaring twentiesHot, Sugar sweet, wind blownCareful rows of cuneiform Counting grains of sand There, Before the after 3/25/2023
Circle Time Parade of Changes
Whirring meat slicer Above deep deep dark waterGod, Dad’s drunk againHow old will we bebefore we don’t need our Daddy anymore?God the almightyFather of us all, radiantImaginaryEditHaiku coosWhirring meat slicer Above deep deep dark waterGod, in his sane cupsHow old will we bebefore we don’t need our Dada anymore?God the almightyFather of us all, radiantImaginary…
His tory
You are not reading thisIt is all a simulation Pi R squaredParticle …. WaveHer oes journey Momentous, stripped of all ability to see what others missThen there was the word, 3/10/23
Microdosing Morphine
Transcendence, difficult Field of thorns Pain doesn’t always …Always hurtsHow does that triad balance out?Holy Ghost, Son?Holy Ghost a female?Do they get a say?Preguntas …Always hurts 3/4/2023
Secret Haiku
Blooms a nasty thingDesire is too abundant You will tell no one 2/17/2023
Walmart Bibles
Short version Divine Profit factoryBlack Friday salvationEnd of days (bargains galore)Making the TV Dinner Great AgainFirst Lady of the Eschatological Universe Stale Mythological BreadSanctified Christian HatredSpasm of Gluttony for CenturiesStarless night of Bible’s blackTunnel of Rapturous Light Longer version A whole tasty palette of Walmart BiblesWaiting for delivery from the Divine Profit Factory DPF®Eager blank…