blue moon preparing for uncle's funeral

pull of stars turning cold the snail’s navigation line

drawing grass in my blood bits of a tuna

birthday party Zen each expense is no object

speed date i come then go

tall grass the tears of a roasted saint call us out

Red Sea beat my heart still hydrozoa

my corrugated ribs still no picket fence

in the flower bed with impunity weed killer

train sitting:facingpeoplei’drathernot


recurringdream#16.333iso/overbreakfast



There are multiple puns in the second monostich, but I don't expect you to want to uncover them all.



Both monstich are previously published.
 
train sitting:facingpeoplei’drathernot 
Publications credits: Raw NerVz (Summer 1995)

recurringdream#16.333iso/overbreakfast
Publications credits: fox dreams ed. Aubrie Cox (April 2012)

in the middle ear Higgs particles too

waxing hunger I crush the garlic moon

ribbons on the floor where you were

she writes “7” but changes it to “19” and adds “yours forever”




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from a series "Der Dritte" (The Third) here

mid-day heat rolling in clover stray cats

how our hearts soar balsa wood

this I could have done: a deaf ear to a non-laughing god

her wet tee shirt gets a rise out of me a cold shower

thrown to the will of the gods and the wind his knuckleball

roses and so what? I pull the card named Goofy

beneath waves and tall grass darkness

backyardfirewalk mybirthday jumpsacross

in the blue crayon dusk imaginary church bells

frying Virgins in the Green we talk about her recovery

(Virgins in the Green is the Danish name for Klowunji seeds (onion seeds))

sweat drop doubt heavy on the vine

fireflies the real reason why

homeless among lilacs (a sound of a former heart) I remain penetrated (broken & healed) and blind

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form: thanks to Grant Hackett for inspiration

crows in the distance : the toad answers

morning rain an opening line escapes me

the thorns you wore before you rose