One day this gravel and pavement recitation will make sense We watched the open road disappear beneath rapidly turning wheels Swore we’d never go back Now here we are pulling in, gassed out, to our surprise This old place looks new.
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_______________________________________________________ Annunciation For my sins I live in the city of Baltimore Immutable as it staggers into the sea its crooked shore Uncertain of any harbor, impure and beautiful Like a cigarette butt in last night’s drink….
We are in a revolving door Sensing what we are But trying to rotate In the direction Of what We want to be We reject acceptance The relative prosperity With wishes To be something else To be More than who we are To find the success Our culture defines For us As true and good…
1) Bug juice is a) an experiment conducted by the nature counselor b) insect repellent for canoe trips c) the fruit drink that is served at meals d) none of the above 2) The song beginning “Great big gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts” has all these words except a) “mutilated monkey meat” b) “chopped-up…
As the kitchen staff go on the warpathwith the head chef leading the culinary chargeon the waiters and waitresses, under-staffed,drawing their cutlery for a tomato blood-bathThe summer season’s over again. All the deck chair’s now have been folded upand the little old ladies with their lovely cuphave had their biscuit and their seaside napback home…
My dear friend and fellow poet Jane Lunin Perel passed on February 22, 2024, which just happened to be my birthday. When I got the call, trying to deal with a multiple shitty emotions, I instead looked above and said, “Janey, couldn’t you have waited a week?” Some of you may find such gallows…
She. Her brown long hair And her dress, purple. Fairy wear. Shes a girl With glitter on her cheeks. And she walks the beach under the moon and sings in Greek to the old Gods to whom she belongs. Shes a pirate and a gypsy. And a beauty. She is a goddess. Her beauty is…
