Nesting

I am surrounded
by extreme birds.

A baby robin
stuck its head out

like six inches
from its nest

and screamed.

One leaped off
of a two story building

like it was going
to commit suicide

but it opened
its wings an inch

from the ground
like Bat Boy

and lit the earth on fire.

At night, I get all
mummy in the sack and

I can hear them
from beneath the sheets,

punching holes in the darkness.

Undertow

You have shown
me an evil

calloused old woman

but, when you ran
screaming

for your lost dog,

I saw a torn little girl
frantic and alone

by the bend in the river.

The Pursuit of Happiness

She told me
she bought the cute heels

because she wanted to feel
good about herself.

It was finals week and English
composition was giving her hell.

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When those cute heels
gave out in the parking lot,

she came tumbling to the ground
in a pile of meat, blood and pain.

All the pretty parts
broken, her thesis exposed.

Going Away Party

You broke my heart
in the morning.

Then we had cake.

It was the worst
piece of cake I ever ate.

Even the milk was unreal.

2.0.1

Launch into
the bedroom of animalia

and rip off
your leopard blouse.

Chisel your toenails
into daggers and

and let your brain
stem out like an ostrich.

Swift-yank the earth
fabric with your magic claw

and roll the scroll
over your limb's

continuum. Flip
the script and 180

your skull cap
until the geese start gabbing.

You are your greatest
artificer. Don't be frightened

to unzip
the cosmic bear suit

and ride
Sally, ride.

You are really
vibrating in the

astral sweetheart now,
a true galactic surgeon.

Rejection

Bless you
with little baby

angels coming
straight out the ether.

Liberty is
forever blowing bubbles.

The heart is
a river.

To not be damned.

Shutter Speed

Black Beak
is a cat

with a diamond
nose, eyes like kiwi fruits

sliced open.