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Now that my body is falling apartEver so slowlyDespite my best efforts to prop it up,Why do I feel an urgencyTo conceive and commit sordid crimesThat ..
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Phony thunder.Those aerial bursts in the distance--I used to enjoy them.Now? They are no more to me thanSmoke and bluster, banal ritual,Igniting the h..
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It is far easier to lose old friendsThan to make new ones.The meekest insult, the slimmest insinuation,And the deal is off; the pact that weathered ye..
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Call up a cloud to cover meHere in the heat of midafternoon;Send me a shower of August snow,As once I encountered in British Columbia.Grant me the pat..
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I could tell immediatelyFrom the downcast eyes and shuffling feetAnd the stench . . . Don't you ever take out the garbage, man?That this would not wor..
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1. Roll out the red carpet,Even though it's ratty and stained and full of holes,To welcome me into your heart;Then retract the offer,Over and over aga..
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It provokes the question:Am I the only sane sober sensible personIn this counterfeit grunge saloon?I'm tempted to leave. I should go homeAnd retreat t..
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All the gains I've made since MarchIn the friendship marketHave been erased--One case of cancer,One case of "too busy,"Two cases of . . . comment dit-..
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As I float further and further awayIn the limitless outer limbs of the void,I appreciate more the little thingsRooted close to my grimy, grounded heel..
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"You were so handsome way back when!"Way back when being . . . way back when.Good looks are deceiving, so often cementedIn a niche of age swiftly swep..
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