Toynbee idea in movie 2001 resurrect dead plan Jupiter Everyone is entitled to their own mythology. Set your rhetorical devices, and keep them charged. Max Headroom – I still see the X They built a complex … Continue reading »POEM: The Strange Signals of Being Human
Many dreams and darkness into uncounted minutes It’s hard to stay here counting missed medications I find some comfort in the night but I wake up with the guilt of not sleeping It’s hard to stay here counting missed medications … Continue reading »POEM: Amitriptyline
They should not have come. The stars sat above with silver hats And golden eyes, whispering platinum secrets to the distant drops of steel that stalked so far below. And here the steel-men’s goal: With diamond secrets threaded through their … Continue reading »POEM: The Hunters
I try to avoid envy but I am a post-therapy artist. Lover of foul language and Bad Thoughts Visitors from insomnia A word needs inventing for when she climbs down from the sky I try to avoid envy but … Continue reading »POEM: Unchaste
“Blues for Sister Sally”, hooked on junk, Forever hunting, poking for a sign; I remember when we sang together, drunk On joy and laughter, and on cheap red wine. My Brother Jack sits gazing at the sky, The dark horizon … Continue reading »POEM: In the Vein of So Many Others
I am a ghost. On translucent soles I navigate the slick city streets, Afraid of falling. The mist Creeps in from Ran’s wide road, Muffling sounds of mid-week hustle. I grind my feet Against the asphalt, Finding purchase, Mincing steps … Continue reading »POEM: Hesitation
Give me a moon story, Write it with heart, Give it a middle, And end, and a start. Tell me a moon story, Fill it with songs, Pass the tequila and Write me some wrongs. Sing me a moon story, … Continue reading »POEM: Writers’ Lullaby
He told me that he’d loved before Her silken hair, Her chestnut eyes; A fire with which she lived her life That burned eternal. I asked him, Did he love her still? Of course; So long as the … Continue reading »POEM: Multitudes