night visitors from god (c. 1987)

starring Leigh Revens as Dana Carvey as Church Lady

the last comanche war hero sips a mint julep in the bronx

i wanna write things that
when they're done
people will have to
go back and
re-read
immediately
and
often.

family resemblance

chain

so she didn't like it
now what will you do
whisper worn out secrets
to the neck of someone new

thrifty

jerky painter

frank rizzo. r-i-z-z-o. 503 5th street

gun

yesterday's window

(Latrodectus mactans)

the definition is fully yanked from chesapeakebay.net

beeping a

hang nail

bloodshot eye
i shot blood

from my finger
stained the rug

cut the skin
just too deep
ripped it off
pain's not cheap

take it back
if i could
throbbing sore
push the wood

not longing haiku 25-32

stretch bend do push ups
if you don't touch your toes how
do you know you can

there's nothing like a
dog with a copter tail to
brighten you right up

buttery grilled cheese
hot chocolate thawing fingers
after shoveling

sometimes when you rhyme
the rhythm the rhythm the
rhythm is just off

when things seem a mess
break it down to ritual
take it step by step

i could sing along
the first time i heard it &
that's a good feeling

get to or have to?
hafta get or get to have?
resent or inspire

some things just are not
inevitable you don't
have to spill next time