WORDCHASM

How can I get you–wish
not to be gotten? Can patience be the hook
to my line? Do I pull hard, quick & firm;
irritate stubborn fish–game? Are you
& river bounded; I
another fisherman to drown?
As you allow current,
bring me unknown.
“Eye of the beholder,” pairs
many–wish to behold–rooted to bank,
nylon cast….I wade. Lost
rod, water lap–you–see me
stand–cold [...]

Cigarette dries in crimsoned oil,
a brush stokes across coarse tarp:
mirror of clocks, elephants, deserts;
Dali’s nude heaven.
Mirrors dissipate to windows,
bristles lay in cigarette’s bed,
a beret mounts a figure
behind plastic meadows.
Vertical iron rain rip
humpback mouth holes;
recant Kubrick’s stories.
A pen struggles to speak
Poe’s cries in urine stench
beneath busy streets. Alone,
black ravens bellow nevermore.
Pen falls, sheets rest,
fingers grip [...]