dismantling (remix)

work to good
use, good to
use, used
to, use
too

the oak: sticky under my palm

leave the formality of sneezing, the endless
trains unlocking themselves
from stations. you pick
the country, I'll pay
the bar bill with a wink
winding through the saloon
like the prettiest girl in the room.

o say say playmate (coda)

here is your trampoline sidewalk: stand on
point to the end of the rainbow,

ballerina / the wrong end
of a rock: your arch / ugly builds

between your packing
taped toes-- broken, gummy;

red & ripe as apple / the wrong
tip of my tongue: your

heel / here is the dolly to
cart you (through the cellar door)

note: I've been using this month a lot for revisions... sorry:

the illusion of angelization (your fragmentary voice)

trips on the recording, yips / the answering
machine barks, too / welcome (your message)
turned to pixels, to the static of weeds-- dandelions
(begging) / I pick one from your chest, its white
bulb blushing into tether (late to begin)

~

a broken thermometer-- your mouth (open)
to concrete, to rock salt /mercury leak-- the tap,
tap tap / a nimbus of steam belts the tile
(into pocket sized) pieces / peal it back, rouging
fingernails on its buckle & wash

~

we rouge the water's edge with our toes:
this should mean wading; this should mean
not blood / breach the link of sand and not: this
should not mean seep / bursts (blisters on) your
tongue / when I try to speak of it (I sink)

11 (late):
A is for appendix
B is for bowel
C is for catharsis
but this is no HOWL

12 (right on time):
tastes as good as the north (pint in bed)

no kings in the kitchen
the stars, the stars spit like camels