Author
Alex Mascarenhas
38 works
Silence of the Books
And still, cameras or no cameras,
even libraries close.
As the P.A. system announces fifteen minutes to closing,
Snow in the Summer
In her spring I met her
Loved her in her summer
Her leaves didn’t see falling
Thanks, Giving Turkey
A special day for us all
Yet, o turkey, poor, poor turkey
You’d rather yourself recalled
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
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
The Day Rooster Galore Came to Town
He was not born Rooster Galore
Yet Rooster Galore he became
The town he hailed from was of sin
The Door
What’s behind a closed door?
I look at one now, white
I want to see through it
The Drowning
Hmm... I like your walk, I love watching it
The thickening’s on, the ticking is down
Tick-tack... tick is green; tick-tack... tack is brown
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
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...
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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
What If There Was No Editing…
Cry, baby, cry
When there’s no one around
When all there is