Author
Alex Mascarenhas
38 works
The Ballad of the Man Who Was Once a King
Once upon a time
Succumbing to beauty was a man’s undoing
No longer his prime
Ravenous
I don’t know this man – never met Ray, yet…
He knows me; I know him
I don’t have a wife – her name is Babette
Corny Thievery and Wit
To spend my ink on my ilk
Proves to be quite a daunting task
To not error in my speech
The Chase
I saw a girl, I met her gaze
And her eyes smiled, dazzle, daze, haze
I want her child -- was shut my case
The Corn and the Thief
Happy birthday to the unborn
I have blue shoes, new, never worn
The anniversary of disbelief
Two Dreams
The dreams are swift, she leaps, lands, throws her skirt
In bed adrift, unconsciously alert
I shut my eyes, I don’t cease to live
Silence of the Books
And still, cameras or no cameras,
even libraries close.
As the P.A. system announces fifteen minutes to closing,
Close your Eyes
You close your eyes, look at the ground
Where the clowns sprinkled the clouds with glitter
Your ears are keen, head on her mound
Drunk, Sinking
I once drank wine so sweet
My heart sighed, filled, replete
Happily the town drunk
June in September
It happened one time One Friday in June The night was the day The morning the…
Read More →To Live and Die in L.A.
Actors in Los Angeles are like the angels themselves – a dime a dozen. The first time I heard – well, read, really – this expression was in the Arthur Miller’s play Death of a…
Read More →The Door
What’s behind a closed door?
I look at one now, white
I want to see through it
The Good Days
Today’s a happier day, it’s brighter
Don’t mind the rapier’s sway, don’t fight ‘er
I get up, I go out, I get it done