That sinking feeling
I go to the bar
on a boat
a hole is a looking-glass
the queen moth hanging
in many a Marriott
good wine and merry
got me
the easiest bed
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Puberty
A child overtaken by change
endures her sickness
in the garden,
tells me
the navy may land there,
for pen and ink have begun
to do business.
Sedentary
My seat
pleases me, but not
to stand and walk.
A hard matter
is pleasure.
Collegial
An office dinner:
in come the oysters
with their dull company
and I am ill.
Have a nice day
O, an ice
day—a night-
to-be.
Chef in love
His oven
is calling to him
like the clamor of things to a thief:
a well-done supper
in bed.
Claw
in my old suit
to take the sacrament—
hand of a lobster
Hanging
Good Friday
at home with my wife,
a good ham to read to,
supper-to-be.
The critic
A small brown moth drawn in
by the glow of his laptop
clings to the flat screen
with wings outstretched.
A few pixels show
through the clear patches
in the center of each wing.
Does that feel good? he murmurs
when the blinking cursor passes
underneath it.
The bedsprings creak
in the other room.
Beyond the softly whirring fan
the famous skyline flickers
with heat lightning as
his fingers go on clattering
Bait and switch
At my office I change the office.
A good mind thinks
a good argument
to do other-
wise.
On the fly
at the office
busy about business
I eat a wing
Icing
ice settling in the fields—
after our walk
we eat cake
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