DISASTERING

cannot
fully
look
upon

our wretched condition
& rolling disaster

without me disastering more

~

i consult my volatile slab
of magic & deception

for any countdown delay
or its possible illusion

in the elongated

gout of the world

NEWS WILL EAT

you better

spend some time

looking
somewhere else

you fragile sun of a gun

or that news
will eat

your soft heart 

alive

BLATANT OBLIQUENESS

theres
a 

madness
in
the
look
of
things

~

the detail or not 

the blatant . . . obliqueness

& the space 

   just-so

out from the wall

AN IMPOSSIBLE PONDER

older now
&
i look back
&
i wonder

if i am anywhere close
to how the younger me

had dreamed
or hoped
he would be

but i am too scared to look

& i remember now - so was he

2018 OFFCUT POPS 1

KEYHOLES

&
thru
the
spyhole
keyholes

when
i
glazzy
a
sneak
look

theres sparse
electric sparks

dancing like 
everyones watching

metaphorically i mean
i mean i got to make the most of it
havent i ?

these
glimpses
all
i
got


STRUGGLE & SMILE

smile thru
the
sandpaper & silk

that hide
the tumors

radical & wicked
a sweet villain
&
unpromised partner

for
three score & ten



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its so DRY in here
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the
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