she sat there like a photographof someone much further awaywe shared a brief bus stopon one of those inbetween daysshe gave me her smileand I looked underneathat the lipstick on her teeth she asked me for a lightand if I thought her hair looked okaywe grew out of the small […]
tending the garden of noisewhen I grow the trafficand the churchbellsand the neighborhood boyssinging to myselfas the solitude sets inin tune with the symphonyof south brooklynI sing rockabye, rockabye babyrockabye, the baby that is merockabye, rockabye babyrockabye til I’m fast asleep the tunnel is train tornthe tracks are worn and […]
you are subtle as a window panestanding in my viewbut I will wait for it to rainso that I can see youyou call me up at nightwhen there’s no light passing throughand you think that I don’t understandbut I do we don’t say everything that we couldso that we can […]
deathhas been your loverhe has brought youthe edges of your lifeand now you are looking overand all we can say isit’s gonna be all rightand I am looking forwardto looking back on these dayswhen on every cornersomeone holds a signthat says I’m homelessI’m hungry andI have AIDS how will they […]
she says forget what you have to dopretend there is nothingoutside this roomand like an idea she came to mebut she came too lateor maybe too soonI said please try not to love meclose your eyes, I’m turning on the lightyou know I have no vacancyand it’s awfully cold outside […]
In a forest of stoneunderneath the corporate canopywhere the sunrarelyfiltersdownthe groundis not so softnot so soft they build buildings to house peoplemaking moneyor they build buildings to make moneyoff of housing peopleit’s truelike a lot of things are trueI am foraging for a phone booth on the forest floorthat is […]
thank youfor letting me stay herethank you for taking me inthank youfor the beer and the foodthank youfor loaning me bus farethank you for showing me aroundthat was a very kind thing to dothank youfor the use of the clean towelthank you for half of your bedwe can sleep here […]
she was shaking and talkinglouder and loudereach sentence was siftedto a very fine powderher face was wet and tighther grip was cold and lighta strong wind could blow you downI heard myself sayword up sistera strong windcould take me away I said how long haveyou been at largethey told me […]
I am evening the scoreI am cutting the umbilical cordcurled with my teeth against my kneesI am scratching at my consciousnesslike a bitch with fleasI think you’ll be greatly pleasedto learn that yours was the hardestitch to relieve this is mewithout my hairwelcome to my open stareI got nothing to […]
I am looking for the holesthe holes in your jeansbecause I want to knoware they worn out in the seator are they worn out in the knees there are so many ways to wearwhat we’ve got before it’s goneto make use of what is thereI don’t wear anything I can’t […]
I’m gonna turnand walk awayyou can waittil I am far alongthen run and comeand catch my armand say you’d dieif I were goneI want to hear youcall my nameit’s too easyjust to say it softI don’t like my languagewatered downI don’t like my edgesrounded off I can’t always waitfor your […]
She says my ass hurtswhen I sit downshe says my feet hurtfrom just standing aroundI think my bodyis as restless as my mindand I don’t know if I can roll with itthis time packed his uniformsand drove him to the baseshe was crying all the waythe world looked her in […]
