Thirty Three

CONTENT

Thirty Three

Yellow buds

Any one of which

begs to be

a rose

My Polish Sin

Kicked, shoved, bathed, gassed

Questions raised in school

remain unanswered

by children in Chechnya school

Friendships flourish

over stolen sweetmeats

from grandma’s pantry

Is Money ?

10 minute tan lotion

Grey goose

vacation in a bottle

Pedal pushed

by failing artist

And More Money ?

Also not needed

- For the dying whales

- For ozone depleting inhaler

Definitely No !

Not my quarter

life crisis merely borrowed

like eastern philosophy

Aborting

Thoughts

morning after

Perfectly conceived

unheard

unseen

Airconditioning

Ignore All

Add to dictionary

Microsoft Windows –Always Microsoft Windows

…contd

Not needed in base model

of Honda Accords

for sale in Alaska

Hope

only

Required to treat

small cell lung cancer

Hopelessness

Held together by men in frock

And Michael Jackson

Conversations

about me

Autobiography

fails

to interest me

so

Musings

about you

talk

to me like

silence

never does

Meetings

cannot explain

partings

every day

every moment

everyday

daily ?

Yes

that’s the word

Always Daily ?

That’s absurd !

Back

to

re-winding

every day time pieces.

Repeating

alarms.

In

the end

simply

getting Up

and

going

gnawing

into the light

passé

Disgusting?

Not the way

hinduism

derives from

buddhism

“Dismal emotions”,

Intellect says.

Pope

Ignores

Fence Sitters

Ignore

Inhaling O2

Instead.

At the Buddha Bar

dimly lit

love lips

suck on

for the world to see

on shabby chic wide berth

red drapes

try

to hide with

frayed edges

revealed by day

in east village

Getting up

Not this day

Not from my bed

Slipping in

autobiography

Not

Going?

Not this day

Throwing Up

Ceaselessly.

What emerges.

Putting “out there”.

“Putting out” there.

Sleeping

to re-turn

Left on dream avenue

left on one and nine towards turnpike

left on Tonelle Avenue

Right on

Spruce

to

arrive at

Thirty Three

yellow beds

Any one of which

begs to be

arose