The Passion of Ishtar Of a land between two rivers, sing I—The divine coronated of the eig Etched by the men from Mars, I—a star Venus Alone I stood ahead of Cetus. 5 4
The Heroic Life of a Pseudo Hippie He wakes up in a fleeting bed, In a far away motel Preaching strangers on the art of It’s all about a loaf of bread, And health and physical well-being 2 2
Gold The sky looked at me with shame, I felt it gazing on my body It heated my skin, Burned it. Punished—I am 5 1
The Seventh Room The ending is water’ Whispered a crow, As I step slow—Out, out of the as My body, which isn’t mine, dragged Needles falling on the grey floor, 2
The Butterfly Cycle A larva growing rapidly, A butterfly to become Flying free, propelling air. Those fair, innocent wings that I When I am to be wed to the moonli 5 1
A Faithful Worshipper Among the men in white I walked Seven and hundreds of times I wal First, I crawled; Then, I marched And at last, I dead-walked; 7 8
Via Dolorosa Angels or demons? Demons— must it be Had a place in my head They build it; Stone by stone 16 9
A Man on a Cliff I am a blocked volcanic crater I burn my own skin Going dry, going slim Going all the way to him I am the waiting siren 3