the devil makes me do it

March 16, 2009

Rather than deny
our beastly origins,

let us embrace
the little monsters.

We cannot teach those
we do not embrace.

We tend to kill them.

the killing brine

March 2, 2009

The rising sun falls from the sky in flames
as bodies float atop the killing brine.

We scan for light that moves into frame,
no grave as lonely as this chilling brine.

They fly unseen, their minds abandoned,
fast and low along the churning brine.

They rise to dive, and attack at random.
We jump into the burning brine.

How many prayers were said this day?
How many fell silent to the brine?

Why must we die such a pointless way –
in this black and boney killing brine?

2006

out

February 26, 2009

i am in
the here and now
now and then

cognition’s a bitch

February 24, 2009

My thoughts are like dogs
roaming free in the world,
sniffing this way and that
all day and all night.

city bound

February 24, 2009

rainy-road.jpg

deep inside civilization
big trucks roll by
little cars shake

photo by:Bill Emory

soon

February 23, 2009

soon
no amount
of insecticide
will help

pro life? breakfast

February 5, 2009

Reptiles,
we eat
the embryos of others.

But fuck not!
with ours.

Were Bush a wiser man:

February 5, 2009

I am pleased to announce Mr. Hussein has agreed to comprehensive oversight by the United Nations and disarmament (if needed). This will allow us to to focus on addressing terror worldwide.   It can also move us closer to enduring positive peace.

infusion or mutation

January 22, 2009

shadows emerge
we take flight

we take flight

we forever
take flight

from one moment
to the next

we take flight

until –

we are willing
to die

to stand
our ground

not waver
nor blink

stand our ground

and be swatted.

Hub Bones

December 29, 2008

Freddie’s dead,
whatever
dead is.

Amen to this
brother
in jazz
and life
who ground his horn
on the edge.