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Washington, 1986
(for Martin Carter of Guyana, 1927-1997) On Valentine’s Day I have transgressed good order & incommoded traffic in front of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. There is tradition in reminding governments of the job in need of doing Arrested then … Continue reading
Ode to Punica Granatum
I As I carve into you I’m reminded of Holy Wars This drought-tolerant beauty. Your thick skin around your core like faces cracked from the sun Your white, astringent pulp, powers the Ayurveda system warding off disease. Your seeds, purple … Continue reading
A Chateau of Bums and Drags
Like a wildflower the people here are hard-workers but show no improvement. The constant chatter, the defining noise It seems they come and go just like weeds. They don’t die, or fade with the wind. They can be like flies … Continue reading
A Strange Confabulation
I ponder heavily, My pen lies in Assiduous wait, Its nib protruding Like fangs unleashed. Strenuous contemplation takes over. ‘I am master of myself’, I thunder. Why then, does my slave-engineered brain Refuse to create? Thoughts, ideas, impressions … Continue reading
Gravitating Conundrums
She linked her fingers to his, While walking down the Smoke-filled street. He let her clutch them, Bristling slightly, involuntarily. The lurid streetlights Glared askance at the Dark silhouettes Presenting an optical illusion, Appearing to merge into one. They spoke … Continue reading
A Woman in Her Prime
She knows the law But broke the love Into unfixable pieces With those mean words In the month of September In an ember temper I guess I vividly remember I could feel it, The world was crumbling Crumbling and … Continue reading
A Lonely Man
A lonely mind is an unruly land Where chaos does not take a bow A lonely mind is an infertile land That falls fallow for a spruce plow A lonely mind is a market of dodging ideas A … Continue reading
perhaps he thinks he will be president in heaven
he bears his power on his head and shoulders with his authority he dictates the being of those beings that are living in his territory and decides where those who have died will lay their empty heads and worn-out bodies … Continue reading
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She Has Short Legs
She has short legs And she has big hips She’s got a decent nose And she’s got more than eight toes She has tremendous lips And still just a single nose And I am not sure where it goes She … Continue reading
I Read King Lear
I read King Lear A hundred times or more When one say I just leered at him Then fell down on the floor David Schwartz
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