Halo
They didn’t put a
fight; they made no sound. Now I
have my angel now.
They didn’t put a
fight; they made no sound. Now I
have my angel now.
Blackjack
Hubris’ll get you
in an instant.
Hit me, hit me.
Hubris’ll get you
in an instant.
Hit me, hit me.
No
I asked for my life as it should have been.
God said no.
I could not bring myself to ask again.
What a curse to be
what could have been.
I asked for my life as it should have been.
God said no.
I could not bring myself to ask again.
What a curse to be
what could have been.
Foregone
I have loved and loved too much
and lost my mind and my peace
and my heart and my soul and my mind
and not one of you
has more than me.
I have loved and loved too much
and lost my mind and my peace
and my heart and my soul and my mind
and not one of you
has more than me.
night
cold and hard, like a
little piece of money. yes,
she has never a
cold and hard, like a
little piece of money. yes,
she has never a
rats
the constant gnawing
sense of having had and lost
some infinite thing
the constant gnawing
sense of having had and lost
some infinite thing
pide
proportions of milk to coffee
to wire to silk to wool...
negrita, por favor
con cabello de caballo
proportions of milk to coffee
to wire to silk to wool...
negrita, por favor
con cabello de caballo
Dem bones
This is death:
the dead stand up
when the rest lie down.
This is death:
the dead stand up
when the rest lie down.
Beloved,
Says the storm on the tree:
Root to tip,
sap to bark,
skin
and twisting branches.
The sun reduces
her dropped fruit
to syrup when I go.
Says the storm on the tree:
Root to tip,
sap to bark,
skin
and twisting branches.
The sun reduces
her dropped fruit
to syrup when I go.
Lead
Misfortune follows,
and steps in her own steps
round and round,
and wears a hole in the ground.
Misfortune follows,
and steps in her own steps
round and round,
and wears a hole in the ground.
Homecoming
Welcome again to the world of clay!
We pray you never leave again,
pray that you enjoy your stay.
Vacation bills are due, my dear.
They’re there, by the desk, in the chair.
Pay later and now, pay what we may.
Please stay.
Welcome again to the world of clay!
We pray you never leave again,
pray that you enjoy your stay.
Vacation bills are due, my dear.
They’re there, by the desk, in the chair.
Pay later and now, pay what we may.
Please stay.
Joined
Your hands, toes,
feet more perfect than hands,
arms fit in shoulders
and legs in hips
dismember me when you displace
your hands, feet,
shoulders.
Your hands, toes,
feet more perfect than hands,
arms fit in shoulders
and legs in hips
dismember me when you displace
your hands, feet,
shoulders.
Waters
Small truths are clear
truths unfathomable
Small truths are clear
truths unfathomable
Bitch
My soul goes her own way.
She beats me when I stray,
and chains me to our home.
My soul goes her own way.
She beats me when I stray,
and chains me to our home.
Tears
Is it sin to push opium
into the mouth of suffering?
If he dies, then no;
but we all die.
Is it sin to push opium
into the mouth of suffering?
If he dies, then no;
but we all die.
Bloom
Love is abandon
unfolding enthusiasms
Love is abandon
unfolding enthusiasms
Fodder
Man is grass;
make me a reed filled with music.
Man is grass;
make me a reed filled with music.
Bare
My soul has put off her adornments,
taking no pride in decoration.
Ornaments would come between us,
and their jingling mar our peace.
My soul has put off her adornments,
taking no pride in decoration.
Ornaments would come between us,
and their jingling mar our peace.
The dawn is dark
Faith is the soul’s defiance,
the bird that sings while the dawn is dark.
Faith is the soul’s defiance,
the bird that sings while the dawn is dark.
Slurp
Gratitude, the beast,
threatens to consume ego
with a sucking sound.
Gratitude, the beast,
threatens to consume ego
with a sucking sound.
Hurt
We just need the world
to know we can bring a world
of hurt to the world.
We just need the world
to know we can bring a world
of hurt to the world.
Water
I believe this is
water. I believe this is
water. I believe
I believe this is
water. I believe this is
water. I believe
Pater
Home is now Homeland.
When finally the Father-
land arrives, please leave.
Home is now Homeland.
When finally the Father-
land arrives, please leave.
Burb
the exuberance
of freshly painted exur-
ban America
the exuberance
of freshly painted exur-
ban America