1.

Hello mutilator hello to the streets
the beautiful lark strung
each rope sapped for sorrows
divert comets & control the waves
to the opening of each valley that leads
all shepherds and goats astray,
all known verses have been lost
the sun falls
the boy places the stone
on the ground,
and looks at it.

2.

a dog sees a tree
a tree hides
a great big bear climbs
lost in the woods
made of muscle
made of wood
followed by twelve rivers that through all known senses
on a long and measureless waste of time
while the black steer climbs the mountain
some people are cursed
may the sun’s daylight set you down
once more
as the black marlin crows
it leaps out of the water to greet
if we could follow one strange thing
no saints no songs
all grow unfruitful
each hour commensurate to each hour
the wing moistens as it warms
how many arrows fitted to the head
the rise of untempered men
commonly holds a quarter of
good stock of verses ready
against
his amanuensis
to be milked
under reasonable chance
delight in reason, prosper in speech
a dog refashions his lead many times
while monsters grow fat
by every inch degree
upon the placid, measured sea.

3.

was rather a country, opposed to reality
you hold the albatross high
on a viewed degree
so that all known societies of knowledge
the television shows again all
Starry Eyed with Flowers
we are dogs set loose amongst the hounds
we are all hounds digging for each dog’s grave
to take grasp of the world and make it your own
amazed at
There are no eyes, no ears,
no nose, no tongue,
no body, no mind,
nothing that would
pass the time
until tomorrow, it’s the
hard-knock life
tomorrow, tomorrow
ever knows.