Pain slips away
when their pleasure
has more heat
than your will
has cruelty.
* * *
One bird to hand
is the kindness
she shows you
had for animals
and small children.
* * *
Talent visits little
and tired
when the questions
you ask of it
won't answer back.
* * *
Daily, trades made
too free and too easy
show a lack today
of government foresight
of government hindsight
of government oversight
on foresight's dire need
on hindsight's dire need
on oversight's dire need.
* * *
Neanderthalis may apply
with most recent copy
of a clean permanent record
and proof of student VISA.
MC and AMEX also accepted.
* * *
His setup wouldn't be complete
without those blue balls
he keeps having you look at.
* * *
Your first home together
is a magical retreat
on careers' approach to perigee
but an utter defeat
if all you see is territory.
* * *
Steel entrapment
is a criminology game:
One psychiatrist
for another tools
a subject's rage
to seal an experiment's cage
by excremental process.
* * *
An apprentice's head get shaved
so the sheep later shorn
can see what's roughly taken
will grow back in --
if the trick is done
over a gold chain.
It takes a Constitution to make a strong man weak with denial when his choice interpretation is riches over life.
It takes a Constitution to make a strong man weak, as denial takes a stand and he takes a seat.
Who cares about your constitution anyway. It never gets a view when it's being used to beat people about the head and neck.
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Succulent Skin
PoetryAs an ongoing work conceived with no rigid form or rule over content, many subjects receive treatment in widely varying voices and styles. To go with a lot of the unstructured free verse, there are even a few pseudo-rap or hip-hop styled pieces, pro...
