Pathetique

Sleep. Recurring dreams. Love haunting the daily. The notes arrange. The voice presents. Check the doors. Raise the baton.

Let Your Light So Shine

An implosion conspiracy. Dayglo all week long. Spray can building intricate designs of snake. The higher the wall the better. Harrow hell if you wish. You can always use the …

Human History

We have enough to eat. A bed. A roof and warmth. Ears tuned to voice. Day is a herald. Sure, says the world. Down by the river a story is …

Stranger, Rejoice

Let us gather. Let us be true to. Line up and count off by fours. The road is long. Stardust, no. Be careful of the mountains. Anyone can lose his …

Your Tendency, Mr. Mann

Avoid. Smoke and not think. Put away. Speak French. Go to the Lesser Antilles. So. After your life you can discern the pattern. Match up the nunmbers. See how many’s …

Jump Rope, Mr. Mann

Out on the Lackawanna you can railroad into the night. You can drive a spike through any heart. Split the Twin Cities and burst the skin of Canada. Miss Mary …

Now

This is how it happens. The sea, the air, the nervous pen. Somewhere else, a mother is crying, a child. The earth is a canvas stretched across a black frame. …