excerpt from dave pulls out all the stops
newark; graffiti: live for today.
river runs slow,
towers touch sky.
bell on train, ringing. people:
getting off and getting on.
newark. a childish baby-scream.
river of the world, small sidestream.
garbage sodden by downpour.
rained today, rained hard.
enterprise: rent a car. rent a life.
man in seat, reading; man
in seat, writing. bookmark -
stop -
rest eyes a bit. rest eyes a bit in
newark; conrail. rained
hard today. leaving; train
whistle blow. goodbyes are
so difficult.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
malformed heart
i eat a cookie my mother made,
which is shaped like a malformed
heart,
on valentine's day,
on valentine's day.
my father leaves me a note
saying that there are gloves
if i need them,
on valentine's day,
on valentine's day.
i scrape the ice off my car,
with cold bare hands
holding a cold metal can,
on valentine's day,
on valentine's day.
which is shaped like a malformed
heart,
on valentine's day,
on valentine's day.
my father leaves me a note
saying that there are gloves
if i need them,
on valentine's day,
on valentine's day.
i scrape the ice off my car,
with cold bare hands
holding a cold metal can,
on valentine's day,
on valentine's day.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
light years
they say that the light we see from certain stars
is 13 billion years old,
so i guess it shouldn't be surprising
that you still shine through into my dreams.
is 13 billion years old,
so i guess it shouldn't be surprising
that you still shine through into my dreams.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
even if
if in Eden you were to offer me an apple,
even in the darkest night, even
at the end, even if you loved him,
even when I’m blue, even in
the ruins, or if you were ruined too,
or broken, or beaten (even in
these childhood hallways my
mind returns to you),
even were you watered down,
even if you walked away, even then,
even if,
even if in fiction,
if only for my love,
if only due to you,
I would take your apple and I
would eat it.
even in the darkest night, even
at the end, even if you loved him,
even when I’m blue, even in
the ruins, or if you were ruined too,
or broken, or beaten (even in
these childhood hallways my
mind returns to you),
even were you watered down,
even if you walked away, even then,
even if,
even if in fiction,
if only for my love,
if only due to you,
I would take your apple and I
would eat it.
Saturday, February 03, 2007
staying up late
one time, my cousin and i
stayed up all night in our
grandmother's house.
we came out at 8am,
having conquered the dark.
we'd brushed our teeth and washed
our faces in order to stay awake.
when we told her what we'd done,
our grandmother made us march
right upstairs to bed, putting an end to all the
fun. sometime later she made us breakfast,
which we ate eagerly, claiming it as
payment for the difficult undertaking we'd taken
upon ourselves. to this day i am hard pressed
to think of something i'm more impressed with
that i've done.
stayed up all night in our
grandmother's house.
we came out at 8am,
having conquered the dark.
we'd brushed our teeth and washed
our faces in order to stay awake.
when we told her what we'd done,
our grandmother made us march
right upstairs to bed, putting an end to all the
fun. sometime later she made us breakfast,
which we ate eagerly, claiming it as
payment for the difficult undertaking we'd taken
upon ourselves. to this day i am hard pressed
to think of something i'm more impressed with
that i've done.
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