Writing
2026
The Second Inning
Spinning, twisting, the curving ball drops to home plate.The catcher can’t see the signs from the…
Waiting for the Storm
The wings anchor the redtail hawk to the skyin an unstable atmosphere.In a downward spire he…
EIGHTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD ICON HAIKU
[derivative scribbled grooving to half-dead-Dylan obscure playlist as one grandkid drives bunch of us over Bay…
The Red Rocks Of Colorado #2
The curtain of the skytorethe earth shook
Roman Glass
What started out as silica to the Phoeniciansbecame the Roman art on the dining room table.Cage-cups…
Ray and Eva
Ray and Eva sang and yodeled their way on radio stations all through the Middle-Atlantic States,…
The Lowdown
If sex was never invented, most would never talk to one another, nor would they meet…
A Catfish Song
The queen of sage, the wiry rat dog,guards our campsite, never relaxing,a vigilant sentry, our patrolman…
Of rats and mice
Men were very fond of their time alone underground. They returned from work. They had supper.…
ICE outta Minnesota, love
ICE outta Minnesota, love,now they might allow dreams in the ghetto,they might stop shooting niggas on…
Me and My Rock’n’Roll Dad
Me and my rock'n'roll dadwould go walking on streets of secrecy,in broad daylight, under a Communist…
Take It or Believe It
A pre-electoral TV show in contemporary Romania. Two guests are present: Mr Orchid, a nouveau-riche who…
You were the last high
I can tell a lot about the lowsthe 'Lowlands are home to me now'I don't feel…
Parables of actual and metaphysical revolt
EVENT IN THE LAND OF X Last night, stones fell hard through the midnight sky when…
Radiator Reading
Radiator ReadingWord Count 672 I sat in the little red-bricked library by the train tracks in…