Treading Water
May 25th, 2012
So many shores I can swim to
But instead I float
Speaking of ellipses…
May 21st, 2012
Please allow this tangential allegory:
I’ve been walking for fifteen weeks
There’s no feeling in my feet
And still I can’t complain
This from a guy who trademarked frowns
And charged those who wore one a royalty
Unemployment and this recession
Made me rich from others’ misfortune
Sadness taxation! Who would’ve thunk it?
Neither a conspiratorial legislator,
Nor a conniving mastermind
Instead, just some guy from the midwest
With a calloused sole
This Peasant Breath
April 27th, 2012
Brisk December
The sky is clear and I can nearly see the stars
If I squint enough
The neighbors are bumping R&B tunes across the street
and hordes of college students arrive
toting 30-packs of mainstream domestic brews
Hypothermic winds whistle through the trees
And finally I exhale
Argonauts
April 23rd, 2012
This is the way we run now
The wind at our backs
A carrot before us
Our twisted, lurid bodies
Bent over, lurching
Stumbling, grumbling, aching, churning
Kicking up dirt and grime
Making divots in the ground and assholes of ourselves
God, nothing feels better
Sunshine in our faces
Three sheets to the wind
Sky’s the limit
The world is our oyster
And every hour’s rubbed worn like it’s Saturday
This is the way we run now
In circles
In fields
In dreams in our sleep
And when the sun sets we sprint home to our beds
To our families, to our friends
To everything and life ever after
We run
We run
We run
Sunset Builder
April 9th, 2012
You waited for this moment
Crickets dance and chirp in the dirt
The day holds on
Until you exhale the moon
And scatter the stars with your spit
Another job well done