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LIQUIDCRYSTALDISPLAY
the liquidcrystaldisplay
read
anchored in the sway of the tide
schools of equations swim in again
with a rush and a grin
to greet the red swell
red tide
no one ever does
the bedroom phosphorescence
draws a silent crowd
an orgiastic quiet time
stand in the dark with us.
PICKUP BED
At the end of the
disappearing
dirt road was a garbage dump
inside the front gate
an old truck was parked
walking past it
the motor running
a dog asleep in the back
at that moment
the dog growled back in his throat
without opening its eyes
or looking up.
A GLANCING BLOW
Allright
you can argue about this all night
long--but what it basically
boils down to is this:
no one knows how
far the cat went
when it was gone for two days
don't say anything--wait
until
it boils down even more
down to the essence
a glancing blow
dissolves the fragrance
into pale bottles of water
down along the red
zone
where the ladies crawl
and kick on the carphone
leave it to the index
men
who bruise so easily
that they are continually
covered with purple blotches
hair falling out
along the shore
as we scream along in a rented van
trying to understand why
they are constantly revising their accents
noisy trojans soldier ants
defining who eats who
by default
small nibbles of
thought welling up
there is a timing delay
between what they say
and what we hear
so turn up the volume on the television
and knock the cat
off the windowsill
use its angry howl
to measure the distance to the floor
SAINT RESISTOR
recycled
its endless circuit printed
reinvented each time
in antithetical patterns
sorting couples
like matched pairs
on output pins
laughing together
a peeled back lip
a pull tab
what the hell is that--
there--just behind the eyeteeth--
a little black chip?
DOUBLE WHAMMY
Each word displays its own resonance
letters vibrate in their sockets
lightbulbs as the train passes
if you can concede
Kirlian Photography
then you must admit
the field holding a paragraph together
pushing the edge
of the mailbox
lying in the envelope
that sentence you wrote
evolves into anagrams and puns
where once was meaning
there is none--don't blink
the letters are engraved
before the photoreceptors fire:
a double whammy.
ANOTHER VISIT TO LA BAS
maybe we should re-examine
the incorrect,
the dark and loveless, the curiously erect
perhaps we should
re-evaluate the desire to dissolve
like a snail in salt water
breathing another atmosphere
full of fingernails and fluids
we fear
but defiantly swim
SCALES
time spent waiting
for the light
to come through the windows
to fall from your eyes
for thoughts cross slowly
into action
what is created in an instant
after a long space with no hyphens
14 FT. 2 by 4s
up above the hay
was a space between the rafters
spanned by fourteen foot two by fours
where the long lumber was kept
dust sifting down through the air
dark blood of the light
molecules
dirt angels
new evidence has been uncovered
in the stalls
strange mechanical sounds issue
from the jaws of life
teeth closed so tight
you couldn't make your money sweat
sitting on the hay
with the wide doors open
and the drainage ditch gurgling
into the pond
feeding the rushes clacking together,
the goat changes into a waterfall of energy
grinding up the floorboards
with untrimmed hooves.
BLACK RUBBER
we sat on the couch
stupid like businessmen
brief and repulsive in silence
split our conversations
dark river ribbons
fluttering in the wet mist
that swirls with red outlined smiles
pasted on the faces of round card girls
black
rubber
senseless pounding face-off
reading fortunes under glowing lamps
zippo lighters always light faster
wood and plaster
black
rubber
sensible enough to wash my hands
over and over
until the germs dance
that wicked little boxing ring dance.
PERIOD
no one revealed the
ending
it just pretty much
happened that way
every movement was erased
with a bouncy little rubber eraser
pocket glove
a small penlight
that he accidentally turned on
absurdly revealing
his x-ray change
slumming again
down among the carnations
the worms along the footpath
slowing down time
slowing.
down.
time.
until punctuation
no longer exists
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