a poem is a sermon
Come, dig the grave, but not too deep; the eighties were a shallow time. We spent a decade just to learn how to maintain appearance’s sake and delve with questions, off-the-cuff, in cocktail conversation bluffs. Come, dig the grave, the shovel’s mouth will gouge the earth enough to serve as depth-gauge for the swollen corpse; […]
I have no cause to champion that’s worthy of a flag, bedecked with symbols meant to stir like-minded souls to arms; no psycho-babbling sycophants pore through my work to find some mystic key that might unlock their esoteric core. if taken quickly, just skin deep, there’s no euphoric high to titillate the rebel throng who […]
The lines were drawn some time ago; they framed the fallen corpse where it was found to be expired and removed, in due course. Its owner left it vacant there, having no further need of its method of transport, or ability to read. One might imagine that the chalk by now would be long gone, […]
The problem with your kind of thought, he said, is that it often leads to idleness; and what could be productive time, instead is spent in useless ponder, more or less, on how the world’s become the way it is, to what degree which species is to blame, the perils posed to culture by big […]
What good is art if it does not instruct, or for our “better angels” cast new wings beyond utilitarian design, reminding us that beauty without form is doomed, under the sheer weight of itself to force its rigid framing to collapse? Art is like all religions, in that all are but a generation from extinct; […]
When twilight pales your umber locks to grey and lines the apples of your cheeks with care, takes the wind from your merry laugh, so gay, and makes your step less sturdy on the stair, remember this: I loved you from the first, not for your youthful smile, nor supple limbs, but instead for your […]
I paraphrase the Dalai Lama a bit here, but the gist of it is that most of the world focuses on having what you want— which is a constant state of acquisition, of needing to augment with more, of rampant consumerism that ultimately ends in devaluation of anything that is not imminently disposable. If you […]
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