General

Holiday

the day
     is in danger of passing without wickedness
                –Frank O’Hara, “Washington Square”

let’s hope tomorrow’s the day
when the substitute newscasters have nothing to say

when everybody everywhere … Read more

On Time

Each night, as the world sleeps, I think. Of Time. Of men and women. Boys and girls. Battleships and battlefields. Wounds that do not heal. Of them — the crochet … Read more

Ask Your Doctor About

Torn between the vault toilet in one direction and a trail in the other, I, too, want to choose adventure. I want to hike and wander and frolic, intestines weightless, … Read more

Carrier of Souls

There is an owl who sits
on the shoulder of every man who takes his guns
into a nightclub, superstore, or anywhere
that life is for the taking.
When the … Read more

Escaped Cobra Owner Jailed

 “If we would have just had a lock on the cage… There wasn’t a lock.”
                        -Lawrence Matl

From an extended stay motel’s breezeway
in Arlington Texas a week after strapping… Read more

Pre-Cana

“Today … we see a form of selfishness. We see that some people do not want to have a child, but they have dogs and cats that take the place

… Read more

As Greta Thunberg Says

We go on about
greening and building back better.
Our kids and grandkids say blah blah blah.

Corporations bandy about terms like
carbon neutrality and net-zero emissions.
Those who’ll pay … Read more

9/11 End Game

19 of the 22 9/11 attackers
were from Saudi Arabia. So why
did we attack the Afghans?
The Afghans have not lost
a home game in over 2000 years.
The … Read more

Haiku

Beyond the window over the kitchen sink,
the sky is glowing wildfire red
A movie trailer for the apocalypse

About the Poem

This brief poem is meant as a kind … Read more