I didn’t even
read the article.
I wouldn’t allow the ashes
of that name
space in my mouth.

That person is likely dead,
unless he/she was, like,
three years old when they dropped
that dime.

But their family may still live,
the shame and horror of the blood
in their veins and…

Let’s say you are

the scantily clad young lady

in the pic above —

Home, sick as a dog

in your house

because you

trusted

your pastor and congregation

when they told you

the lord would protect you

from this devil’s COVID thing.

Poor, poor, sad little

unvaccinated,

mask-mocking

you.

…

Poetry

I can still
love/like/respect
(somehow, difficult as it is)
GOP’s,
even Trumpster-Morons,
even stupid/ignorant
Insurrectionist ass-hats
who believe that the
second-coming of
fuckin’ Jesus H.
is Trump. All of these are difficult
to manage, but ultimately
do-able.

But you Anti-vaxxers,
you disease-spreading
pieces of Q-anon
Laura/Tucker/SeanH
hypocritical fuck-nuts,
NO,
not you —
For you, there is…

Epic Poetry

An Epic Poem of Love and Loss

I.

1.

Lindy felt the early tugs,
Her, womb becoming
tidal and loud,
the fetus, turning, crying out
a tiny beast. A braying sigh.

He calls to her.
He calls to her.

And his voice moves against her flesh,
an undulation,
his kick a caress.
His…

So, I’ve only had a few

ménage a trois in my life

and the first one

was my wife (at that time)

and her best friend,

who had been sort of a girlfriend of mine

a few years earlier —

That sexual adventure

hadn’t gone real well and is included

…

Publishing poems
that are only read
by a few
other poets
is a bit like
making moves on
a gorgeous woman
who has just looked at you.

What I mean is that
whatever you’re doing
that’s created that mysterious pull
is the beautiful woman is gazing
over a veil,
hiding her deepest,
secret self from you…

As a man
writing under my real name
and not interested in
being castigated or crucified,
even if for partially just cause,
let me assure
one and all
that despite
a wide range of bad behavior,
I’ve never
slipped a woman
a knockout drug,
so that when she’s
unconscious
I can have sex with her…