Janitor Talk

The rat is pregnant.

The rat had an abortion.

The rats are not pregnant,

they are both female.

Charcoal and Sniffles are expecting.

There's a bun in the oven,

a calf in cow,

a half-calf with root beer

and cinnamon.

Cinnamon is the name

of the first born baby rat.   

Cinnamon is midnight black.

Root Beer was born in stillness

on the classroom sky

When the halls glow red. 

you can hear her,

after hours,

pegging at the beams.

Cat Flies

The cat flies again

The cat flies again

The cat flies cluster

and meow.

Public Afternoon

We passed by a frighten

cat and then we had a child.

At two years old

I painted myself silver.

Silver gives me less 

anxiety than gold.

Gold is a realist's

painting of astral projection.

It doesn't really happen that way.

The Rock Hound

Anchor your human

In the extraction of a gem.

Make a close reading

of an unopened geode.

Try to read a book by its cover—

whack it on the fault line.

Eggs

I haven’t actually

broke an egg on

accident very often.

Normally,

I break them 

intentionally

for a nice omelet,

a French toast,

a cake batter,

batter up.

5th Wall

If you lay on
your back the ceiling

is a wall.

Look at all the animals.

Alpha Female

She peaked out

of the pines,

head like a triangle.

Ancient triangle.