she dances like a fool at the idio… gracelessly fueled by cocktails and

dying of cancer saying her prayers they came to bathe her she asked if would hold her Rosary… “of course”

whenever i roll in to town i see h… forbidden wires circuits exposed and on display electric sin against god with satan clouding my thoughts

squandered precious gifts laid down for worthless fortunes when men turn soldier

on a good day a poem is just a death threat to e… on a bad day it is a love letter

so I am supposed to divulge enough… for someone to make an informed de… and certainly it is understood tha… for a while it’s the decorum of crazy

sobering up is a lot like waking up you don’t really remember your dre… but you know they were more exciti… than this

when she wants only to see the heavens choke patience lost in all things

some nights I talk to them because i have no pets and i am alone i make promises “tomorrow we will go for a walk”

dreams need their distance she learned from burnt fingertips do not touch the stars

the Allen Bradley Tower clock looks at me like an all knowing ey… it tells me “you are home you were not born here

visceral were the nights we stood… each of us armed with an instrumen… and hearts that beat like tempos we put on a show but we weren’t put-ons

it’s been so long without a touch lips pressed deeply against mine fingers brushing through my beard… i have reclaimed my virginity bumbling and nervous in the presen…

you lose your breath when the fist hits your gut you lose your mind when you love a woman you lose your keys