Which came first, the egg or the h… An old friend visits on the anniversary of his death— He finds a voice

I know people see him and think, “Gee, that’s crazy.” Which makes it embarrassing to see him

I would lie with my hand on the B… I would lie with my hand on a stac… of Holy Qurans. I would look you dead-in-the-eye, and tell you a lie.

Brian and I were driving through… which is another name for Indianap… somewhere in South Broad Ripple, a dicey zone and the neighborhoods… we slowed up through a street line…

Oh, Death! Two beers and I’m on my back! Skipped the shower, skipped the toothbrush. Just a film of sweat,

Hell came through on battered wings, and thought to ask just one last thing. That If I could,

Stay until the walls dissolve, problem solved. No Mustangs on this Mesa just a billion stars, a vendetta forgotten, secured.

Nine times out of ten, it’s a demon you’re seeing, not an angel. They have all kinds of disguises, I know-I know,

Wanting anything— What a curse. I take the simplest of shelter, revisit proven feeding grounds, do what my organs demand.

Therein are the spoils of sorrow, the fruit of hardship, where wind snaps and prevails. Death whispers a hollow secret and I still shiver

Think you’re doing something? Thing you’ve got some power? You can walk on coals, swallow poison and live, but who is at the helm

Nirvana is acquittal, wearing sweatpants in an empty cou… drunk, singing songs about the Southland. God has fashioned my heart like a…

In the most lovely of lands, before a backdrop of mountains and palms, there hangs a pall— All my Loves

Empty Avenue, Death on the the installment plan, Righteous lady, insolent man, I, patience expired.

Incense thick with a scent that is true and a bit soiled and dense so dense I lift