Angel cleans her fur,

Manic or meticulous,

Every strand is licked

Straightened

Blocked

And curried.

The world agape,

Alive or mournful,

Waits on

Her

Wakeful or dead.

Angel cleans her fur,

And deigns

Her pleasure us to see.

Commands

Our

Pleasure to be bound.

The sharp and furry

The… Read full post »

Britain has just named a new poet laureate: Carol Ann Duffy.She is one of my absolute favorite contemporary poets. Below is one of her pieces. Google her and enjoy. 

I put two yellow peepers in an owl.
Wow. I fix the grin of Crocodile.
Spiv. I sew the slither of an eel.
I… Read full post »

There is a growing din on the far Right. Wafting along on talk radio and Fox News airwaves is the sound of desperation. Unable to convince the bulk of Americans that the President’s efforts to “fix” the economy are either wrongheaded, Socialist or economic Fascism the drumbeat now c… Read full post »

This one is by my son Jacob. It's about Syd Barret, the mad genius behind Pink Floyd.

 Please comment.

I wish I had Syd Barret's head in a box
I'd put it on and see what life looks like from the beyond
The rouge souls, chasing halos, that can't be stopped
Opel says the… Read full post »

Pain

When mollified

With

Booze

And vicodin

Is soft and syrupy

Like molasses on a sunny August day.

Anther day

It’s edges

Sharp

And crystalline

puncture skin and fat

and ooze purple tears: hot wax like drops on cheek.

Pain

When ignored

Forgot,

Unhailed

Thus relegated to

The underbell… Read full post »

Serves four with your choice of  starch and veggie

Well trimmed 1.5 to 2 lb venison loin

4 Tbl cocoa powder

2 Tbl garlic powder

2 Tbl Dried Chipoltes well ground

1 Tbl salt

1Tbl smoked paprika

Comb… Read full post »

A  moment

Comes

As moments do

Unannounced and uninvited.

Laden with possibilities

Full of options

It blazes

Bright

Engulfs me in now

And then is gone.

And lurking

Just beyond my monkey understanding

Another now

Awaits.

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I take better care of my tattoos than I do of myself.

I eat 7-11 chili dogs with a vodka chaser for dinner

And live in my own personal cloud of cigarette smoke.

I put lotion on my tattoos every day.

Sleep is substance induced

And stress a synonym for… Read full post »

twice the consonats, twice the vowels.....i never know lol

Noodles:

1 cup ramen noodles

1 cup cellophane noodles

1 cup Lo Mein (standard spaghetti)

2 cups water

Teriyaki Sauce:

2 cups beef broth

¼ cup light soy sauce

½ cup sugar

4 tbl oyster sauce combined with 1 tbl hot sauce

¼ cup rice wine… Read full post »

Suffer me gently in your dreams.

My somnambulant sighs

Will warm the edges of your bed.

Embrace my morphic specter,

Kiss illusory lips

That whisper to a sleeping ear.

Dreams are like the life

Unlived and forgot

That haunt our deconstructed lives.

Suffer me gently in your dreams

Care… Read full post »

When I first came to OS I thought I wanted the approval of  the masses:  a     stint as  editor's  choice,  triple digit ratings.

But  now I crave the comments of those  I've designated as friends. People whos opinio… Read full post »

I catch the acrid smell of death on a breeze that cools me.

The sun burns my back but I fear the all engulfing night.

A moment agonizingly comes and goes

leaving memory:

mysterious footprints in the sand.

The sand sticks to my bare feet:

powdered-sugar coated treats for… Read full post »

For 2 servings

2 chicken breasts, filleted into 2 pieces each and pounded until thin

1 ½ cups baby spinach

1 tablespoon minced shallot

1 tablespoon minced garlic

2 slices prosciutto, coarsely chopped

½ cup grated fontina cheese

pepper

1 tablespoon… Read full post »

Sooner or later, there will be flowers,

Yellow

Red

And so impossibly blue.

Life will stretch and yawn, arch it’s furry back:

Languid

Bored

Unconcerned with miracles.

Sunlight prancing on escaping shade

Careless

Gilt:

Golden possibilities.

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my new tatoo....colors to follow

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Original recipes from me to you. Enjoy

ASIAN SLAWDRESSING

9 tablespoons rice wine vinegar

3 tablespoons toasted sesame oil

5 tablespoons well drained plain yogurt

2 1/2 tablespoons light soy sauce

juice of ½ lime

3 tablespoons sugar

2 1/2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger root… Read full post »

Tatoos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

These are the things I'm addicted to:

Greeks: The classics, Herodotous, Plutarch, Sophocles, Homer, Hoseid, etc.

Weed: God's gift to humanity

Alcohol: It sucks. It will kill you but damn if it dosen't commfort you like nothing else.

Tobbacco: Clearly the stupidest addiction known to man, but unless y… Read full post »

I’m a new person junkie

My body hurts

When

A new life

Isn’t there for me to explore.

Every version of the drama

Each particular pain

That

I witness

Feeds the life that’s dead in me.

Confluent analogs of life

The dreams we dare

Occur

At random intervals

To… Read full post »

Pinned bottle hunkered on a steel washer;

Argyle soul fluffed and dried;

Two baskets of brains forgetting

That the sweat stings sharp and sweet.

Trees groan under the north wind’s lash.

In the woods

Amongst the fir and pines

Snow huddles in a hollow

Protected from the sun

And waits for its brethren

To muffle the tree’s cries

And dress their drooping limbs

In white robes of mourning.

Death:

Colder than February

And certain

As… Read full post »

Words:

They bounce

Like superballs in a mailbox.

There is an

“if there’s a way out we’ll find it”

fierceness

to they’re

impacting.

But I shut them in.

Loose words are dangerous.

Words

Connote

Ideas

Those scary multi-legged scramblers

That scurry

In dark recess,

Hidden… Read full post »