Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Apologies
"South Central Rain"
There are pieces of myself
that I would rather shelve away
or have cats lick clean
like bowl remnants,
loving unconditionally.
Olive drab,
your narrative is
precious to me.
"The evil that is in the world almost always
comes of ignorance, and good intentions may
do as much harm as malevolence if they
lack understanding." -Camus
Monday, June 28, 2010
Ship to Shore
Friday, June 25, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
S.M. Darling
"Ferrying"
Maps like deserts,
with shoes missing sprockets.
On rides towards foul kissed lines
and Great American Pastimes.
Across the fruited plain of sky,
waist gripped tight with thoughts
blinking on and off like firefly horizons,
Kept lit by hope and realizations
that people are fragile as robin's eggs.
That boy which hides inside, and makes me
want to cradle him, and tell him he's the world.
You are not an island, alone,
unless you choose.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Rabbit Island
"Wonder Wheelin'"
Pre-fourth fireworks leave
sulfur kisses on Coney horizons.
Black baby banana splits and Thriller claws.
Riding historic amusements
with jelly bones.
Delayed trains on scabies subway rides.
QT commuter tears.
Electric chair bbqs and men that
are sweeter than ice cream cakes.
Thank you, thank you cards.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Daniel Storto
Quite premature to be thinking of "glove season," but Storto = talent.
He seems like a terrific person: http://www.dailycandy.com/online/video/fashion/80276/Undercover-Glover
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/fashion/22GLOVERSVILLE.html
Gloversville, NY!
He seems like a terrific person: http://www.dailycandy.com/online/video/fashion/80276/Undercover-Glover
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/fashion/22GLOVERSVILLE.html
Gloversville, NY!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Funicular Allegheny
"Picture Drive"
Hometown jetplane
to scale Mt. Washington,
While hand-holding in steel hills.
Haystack record shops
Haystack record shops
before bear claw bakeries,
Sandwiched between drug deals.
Meeting ancient cats with milk-blue eyes,
and unadulterated hospitality.
Childhood toys, dance-offs and
Teenage lists numbered by importance.
Historic arms and shared meals.
Four post beds and sun room shots.
Necktie OCD to rush towards
Non-existent Old Stone Churches.
Soccer naps before home friends.
Turquoise story circles.
Breakfast plane jamborees.
Sweetheart in steel.
Sandwiched between drug deals.
Meeting ancient cats with milk-blue eyes,
and unadulterated hospitality.
Childhood toys, dance-offs and
Teenage lists numbered by importance.
Historic arms and shared meals.
Four post beds and sun room shots.
Necktie OCD to rush towards
Non-existent Old Stone Churches.
Soccer naps before home friends.
Turquoise story circles.
Breakfast plane jamborees.
Sweetheart in steel.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Hot Time Blues
"Rainless"
The heat envelops, two by two,
Precautionary umbrella.
Cat paws are wake-up alarms, early in the morning.
Laying low, as heat rises.
Renegade dogs with lolling tongues;
Rows of unnecessary wares.
Arepas and dead-end ice cream factories.
Sweat and Jellyfish blood.
Puerto Rican boxing bouts.
Love is, my love,
Understanding and Faith.
I got it covered.
*Rainy Pittsburgh, 1941.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Lily of the Valley
Its scientific name, majalis or maialis, means "of or belonging to May."
In the "language of flowers", the lily of the valley signifies the return of happiness. Legend tells of the affection of a lily of the valley for a nightingale that did not come back to the woods until the flower bloomed in May.
Lily of the valley has been used for medicinal purposes. It is believed to strengthen memory, to restore speech and as a liquor smeared on the forehead and the back of the neck, to make one have good common sense. All parts of the plaint are considered poisonous, despite its alleged powers.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
"Urban Beaches"
Memorial picnics and renegade shade.
Bicycles in lieu of sand.
Fixed gears and madras.
"Park-made" and people watching.
Teacup dogs in their natural habitat.
Faulty rods and window shows.
Bad timing and parasol cat-fishing.
Antique road shows on the last day of May,
with my Sweetheart of the Rodeo.
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