THE COLLECTED POEMS (IV –70s RADIO)

I. Billy Be a hero The rest of us will creep out the back Our wives were happy Our kids were happy They didn’t care about Billy After all, their Dads came back. II. The night Chicago died There was nothing good on TV I went to bed early and missed it all. Dammit! III. […]

Lost in Venus

Sniff of chlorophyl whiff of ether Look down fronds part and unfurl cupping leafy embrace cool breeze tugs you in sinking the green moss is velvet plant yourself lean in and skin unfurls to mask you the perfect kiss inside out you are draped try to make sense of distant calls lose yourself in the […]

The scariest day of the year

The scariest day of the year is approaching fast. Will he…? Won’t she … ? Don’t they …? Should I …? is it legal to … ? I’d remove Valentine’s day from the calendar, except my powers don’t extend quite that far … yet. The gifts are tacky and / or market forced upon us, […]

Counselling the Radiator

I hate the way you radiate energy and power how you excrete heat and make weird noises on the hour. Your functionality does not excuse your lack of personality. You are not everything to me when that is what I demand of everything. You do not radiate love, radiator, nor compassion or understanding. So like […]

Young love, with scar

I thought you had a really cool tatt, until I saw it was a line of sores that you had been picking at. I liked the way the blood caked. I liked the delicacy of where your skin flaked from last weeks sun burn. You were this weeks stomach churn, my latest after hours ache. […]