#53

cream molding

of a chandelier, and

cake served beneath

#52

barstools,

warm still.

how many nights?

#51

flipping pages,

days,

calenders

#50

inbox I find

473 words

13 with meaning

#49

I turn my head

to see waitresses

more so than me

#48

flame heave

flame heaves

up up up yes up

#47

illumined columns
fight darkness until
movie screen screams

#46

seat-searching
in darkness
finds grumbles

#45

midnight handrail;
special at noon,
sun from view

#44

is it a girl
or a window?
touch will see

#43

tides,
sandcastles;
where waters edge

#42

ghosts;
your own memory
calls you back

#41

redlight ransom,
car horns bleat; kidnapped
from asphalt pasture

#40

illusions
of our better selves . .
slippers to pumpkin

#39

snuggling corpses,
downtown clubs partake in
stiff embraces

#38

disarrayed coins;
Roosevelt and Lincoln
drunk again

#37

vodka through ice
shimmers through the
banker's lamp

#36

grappa,
spit against the wall;
fly the friendly skies

#35

Olives pose as grapes
both can be green or purple
clever God's mindfuck

#34

plastic jellyfish
float on ashpalt jetstreams
merging east, no, west . . .

#33

blossoms through
windows frame
young tree buds

#32

rain sideways,
pulling wind . . .
. . . blur

#31

closer
closer
we dance

#30

young hands,
rather surprising;
enjoy them

#29

the heat of the day
pours into the hot valley

#28

CPU's hum,
HVAC's breathe;
I choke

#27

shoes speckled and blue
robin's egg and heels; three spiked
inches to heaven

#26

it grabs a pink
feather from the gutter
and flies off

#25

haircut;
leaves fall to roots

#24

pennies surrender
to an endless wishing well;
copper hair-splashed shawl.

#23

gemini glassware;
fixed horizon points, cracked-ice
twins assorted themselves

#22

Finland and Norway,
a new travel adventure;
trade your Fords for fjords

#21

belts groan, not the first
time; brakes wheeze, pressure plating
dips under red light

#20

number number nine;
I emptied my pockets; you
were never on . . . time

#19

corpses fresh in topsoil,
mourners and diggers dance; God
picks at daily brunch

#18

she caught me reading
down her back; shoulder-dwelling
ink writes a bible

#17

she's saucers, cups (D),
lotion too; spreading cream back
and forth veiny hands

#16

Repent! for the the
eye of the needle, you, Saint
Thomas, will not go . . .

#15

There are no people;
just arabs, americans,
tattered battle flags

#14

sugar, and it melts;
spring's snow sprinkles to erase,
erases such spring

#13

Becki, Becki, grey
clouds haunt your hometown, I watch;
you cloud my hearbeats

#12

brains in a bird cage,
Greeks said . . . but we're more likely
birds in a brain cage

#11

My body speaks a
thousand words; we're a language
built by you and me

#10

The fourth wise man brought
champagne and shrimp; but christ asked
where’s the fucking wings?

#8

hissing brakes/
concrete barrier
. . . . .vertigo.

#7

pressed into dim store
we window-dressed to undress;
prudence forgotten

#6

yearning lounge-tutor,
dimly-lit gold curtains teach;
graduate him there

#5

Nagasaki was
just an exclamation point;
Iraq an hors d'evoeuvres . . .

#4

trees in a rocks glass;
cylindrical canopy,
mint crowds together

#3

linen-lounging watch;
leather-strapped lady of state
laying on a chaise

#2

greasy keyboard, a
roller rink for fingers; lace
up your thoughts, circle . . .

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your belly, sandy
sea floor upon which I would
like to lie (no lie)