A History of the Future
Solemn music reaches us
from an adjoining century,
like blast waves spreading out in circles.
There were many people
who trusted in acquaintances
& secret attics to keep them safe.
Let this air be a witness.
Rescuers mount the stairs
without ever seeming to get any closer.
Not for Nothing
Can’t quite get things in focus?
Some perish before they ever can.
One small hint:
if birds are talking Dutch, don’t interrupt.
It’s the birth of the impossible,
something just for elderly tourists
fumbling with camera phones.
Why perhaps Venus remains
yellowish and pockmarked,
but, after dark, easy to mistake for a star.
Ars Poetica
Arrange
3 pounds
of monster
droppings
in a sort
of ziggurat.
Everyone
watching
laughs
hysterically.
The force
of laughing
is such
it dislocates
jaws,
prompts
asthma attacks,
& causes
hernias
to protrude.
Solemn music reaches us
from an adjoining century,
like blast waves spreading out in circles.
There were many people
who trusted in acquaintances
& secret attics to keep them safe.
Let this air be a witness.
Rescuers mount the stairs
without ever seeming to get any closer.
Not for Nothing
Can’t quite get things in focus?
Some perish before they ever can.
One small hint:
if birds are talking Dutch, don’t interrupt.
It’s the birth of the impossible,
something just for elderly tourists
fumbling with camera phones.
Why perhaps Venus remains
yellowish and pockmarked,
but, after dark, easy to mistake for a star.
Ars Poetica
Arrange
3 pounds
of monster
droppings
in a sort
of ziggurat.
Everyone
watching
laughs
hysterically.
The force
of laughing
is such
it dislocates
jaws,
prompts
asthma attacks,
& causes
hernias
to protrude.
