old poem #2
“Arrival”
The last cloud has turned over
and the last light has fallen from the sky
the double barrel streetlights cry
their elongated reflections
across the surface of the river:
shivering,
with the premonition of a cold july,
like magnet furs
suspended between bridges.
longer than the church steeples
that dominate the starless sky,
I,
and everyone else here
cringe like heartburn.
fallen trees like creaked fingers
dip ripples into the [...]
old poem #1
“Please Pardon Our Appearance While Remodeling”
okay
the building that I work at is a tough scene for me
it’s four floors of lawyers
three floors of insurance people
and way too many conversations
about the weather
for me to feel like it’s worth hiding the hangover
unlike the rest of them.
the building i work at is building a new set of back [...]
free mp3 of the day – Burning Yr Bridges
and the rain fell steadily, carrying
everything with it. it was simply
part of the night, part of the distance,
part of the cyclical cleansing process,
part of nature’s clean up crew.
It was supposed to was all the
built up dirt away, and it did,
bringing it with it where ever
the rain eventually ended up. and
somewhere in there for a second [...]
FIRMAMENT
i was real happy with this. new poem!
another waste of time that i vomit into the sink with trembling hands clutching toothbrush! i’ve pretty much accepted the fact now that nothing is ever going to come out of anything artistic I do, so now I’m pretty much being an artist out of spite. the real [...]
Post-Millennium Depression (Part 1 of 4)
Live at Penny’s Open Mic 3/31/2009
featuring Natalie Underwood, filmed by Roman
This is the first time I’ve ever performed this piece, which is at once old and brand new (it’s basically an old-ish poem I re-wrote as a performance piece). It’s going to be the centerpiece of my one man show Scratch, coming in November.
Crush – Live @ Penny’s Open Mic
An old piece, re-imagined….