pointless shit like
being born in a land of
obscene opulence
and dullardly competitive menace.
Category Archives: Poetry
a colony of gut bacteria demands glucose
to which can
also
be said
he was nervous about his health, was a bigoted vegetarian, and dosed himself with herb teas
big ol’ four door diesel
park it right by the entrance,
as close as you can get it.
of insects and mammals
the dogs yell.
you yell.
i think there’s something he wants to say but he doesn’t say it and i don’t ask
the trick of it is,
there is no trick.
well, yes, i remember all of you.
it’s laughter.
just go ahead and
laugh
with them.
we missed the opening band because we went west when we should have went east
wet and smeared
in light.
the entirety of the vessel is held by one line
the humans
mark the passage
of time.
the obsessions of youth
today,
when the darkness comes,
you let it come.
a bigot in a bank parking lot
“i’m gonna get mine!”
we always look fresh
thousands
and thousands
of tiny holes.
a body in space
it feels good
to move through space.
i have not held a hand now for years
this is why
people
join gangs.
tied while floating
later, i watch
a man
on a video
in Kenya
eat a hamburger.
the never setting sun
pale blue
behind the soft gray
all friends are best
and
you want to
go to that
elsewhere.
spinning while sitting still
measurements
are still
the same
sunday morning in december on a southern island in alaska
all around me
the air
is freely given.
a series of differently sized doors
we bump
our bodies
up against each
other
life is most of the time intolerable, i said to a friend, while we both laughed and smiled
it is said
an empty mind
is
a peaceful mind;
a tiny town and its news, or, the brief magnificence
the big industry
of his state,
their disease
of money,
more than he could
withstand.
a man said “what are you doing” and i said “taking photos”
the ceaseless
uncertainty
makes art
of us.
if you don’t quit smoking your curves will never grow
the spray smells faintly
of garbage.
since putting new toner in the old printer its printing squeal sounds different
you share things that
you think
might be of
mutual interest.
the beauty of farming
we put dreams
into our skin.