Silent Rooster (What?)
endless thin rides into morning noon and night
in clichés that marry shallow communion
stretching out words into lines of distant horizons
empty the empty mine of hollow thoughts
I will wake the rooster from his sleep
and scream!
abolish, annihilate, annul, cancel, destroy, end,
reverse, abate, prohibit, exterminate, obliterate,
subvert, stamp out, cancel, overthrow, suppress, remove, void, eradicate, repel, revoke, terminate
the senseless empty pics!
Running Rabbit (What??)
What is this
Peter Rabbit dancing on pins and needles
painting colours
on puddles that are muddles
in clouds of cuddles
What is this
attics in blue water
chemistry in red sunset
heads in graves
fakes in fakes
What is this
still is never
grass is dying
thinking is frying
my ring is my rabbit
Gold Fishing (What???)
without the thread of air
seaweed is my head
on roads, buses, trains and planes packed
aside picket fences drifting in cement
nestled in scrambled flesh
as bobbled heads wait their bullets
prayer for a lego fix
torpedo the unborn
and live in sand
yet,
I saw a goldfish praise air
Snailed (What????)
dream will not sleep
this panting darkness
stars have pulled their curtains
heaven has gone for a visit
nothingness eyes
drone on this dead pillow
drain downs comfort
my ceiling is a floor
the damn raccoons are screwing on the shingles
the skunk is fucking the air
the mosquito is a prick
devil, stop feeding the black squirrels
laughing, snail slimed the pane
Bedtime (What?????)
“What is what,” asked Teddy
“What is, You are a bear,” said I
“No,” said he
“What’s, are funny pain,” said I
“What is normal,” while puzzling time
You are a bear.
And I’m sleeping with you.