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the search for life's meaning can take many shapes - in this case, it's a ring.
Falling off a bike
happens in a vacuum —
launching forward
through soundless space,
head then feet then helmet
then head then feet
limp body looping like a bagel, silent gasp trailing from gaping mouth
float float float then fall
sound returns with a punch to the lungs, a patch of angry gravel, and a fresh-baked batch of bloody onion bruises
limp body looping like a bagel, silent gasp trailing from gaping mouth
float float float then fall
sound returns with a punch to the lungs, a patch of angry gravel, and a fresh-baked batch of bloody onion bruises
17
08 2009
season premieres
deserve a darkened
room,
a comfortable chair,
and an audience that adheres
to a strict
no-talking policy;
the last of which comes easier (of course) when onion bagels are served
the last of which comes easier (of course) when onion bagels are served
16
08 2009
old racist bagel
damn those dark and dirty wheats
they’re rotten to the core,
and damn those queer blueberry fruits
what’d they move here for?
damn likewise all the cinnamons
they’re lazy and they’re cheap,
those spineless eggs could damn themselves
if they weren’t such yellow sheep,
and damn those onions most of all
with their pungent ethnic smell,
there’s no place left for plains these days
— this bakery’s gone to hell
15
08 2009
’80s Bagel
Four
For four years now my bagel’s been the best I’ve ever had,
She’s nourished me through sick and health, through times both good and bad
Sometimes her skin gets toasty brown, but usually it’s pale, It’s soft and smooth and appetizing, anything but stale
Her onions can be spicy, and they also can be sweet, But any way you slice them, they’re the kind I like to eat
Our past four years have flown by faster than a toaster’s ding, Still I can’t wait to get a taste of what our next ones bring
Sometimes her skin gets toasty brown, but usually it’s pale, It’s soft and smooth and appetizing, anything but stale
Her onions can be spicy, and they also can be sweet, But any way you slice them, they’re the kind I like to eat
Our past four years have flown by faster than a toaster’s ding, Still I can’t wait to get a taste of what our next ones bring
13
08 2009
Tanka #2
It’s done nothing wrong
(except for smelling strongly)
But is that worth death?
Hunger pangs growl Barrabas!
Can I wash my knife of this?
12
08 2009
PDA
Twelve-year-old tongue kissers
touching tonsils on the bus
Smacking like a gum-chewing waitress
Slurping like they’re sucking onions
through bagel holes
Making me wanna change my seat
Making me wanna change my seat
11
08 2009
an eye, an ear
you, my toasty canvas
both medium, and muse
guiding my bristleless brush
over thick froths of white
each day your gift: another chance to create to swirl what once was straight, to spread what should be thin
on good days i am salvador, brow cocked to consider how onions and bagels might over mesas drape
on bad days i slice my thumb, but know it could be worse (right, vincent?)
untopple that easel! for nine digits, and your other half, remain.
each day your gift: another chance to create to swirl what once was straight, to spread what should be thin
on good days i am salvador, brow cocked to consider how onions and bagels might over mesas drape
on bad days i slice my thumb, but know it could be worse (right, vincent?)
untopple that easel! for nine digits, and your other half, remain.
10
08 2009
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