It’s just another day, a pagan holiday. It is Halloween in Jersey City. The costumed are out already, hurrying across Exchange Place, gerbil scrambling through the turnstile. A lanky business man squeezes by, self-conscious in frilly house coat and wig, swinging his black Tumi bag ahead of him. The Metro newspaper guy wears a bedspread, which he has wrapped around his middle, [...]
Entries from October 2007
October 30, 2007
Little Glimpses
Little glimpses
pictures posted in windows and subways
seconds alone
minutes knowing you’re out there apart
Just a pause
one less beat of my heart
she gave me little glimpses
touches when I was half-asleep
little glimpses
notions I never thought I would keep
she gave me little glimpses
A vision of you, under streetlight
driving death-like in the rain
one more mile
one more speeding sign refracting by
one [...]
October 30, 2007
Good morning, Hackensack
Another day without daylight
in this dirty Jersey kitchen
the toaster oven’s burning
something left from last night’s supperthere are only seconds ticking
by the clock beneath the ceiling
that you promised me you’d fix
but it’s been monthsI wonder where the love went in our lives
as I soap the sudsy sponge against the knives
and curse my lesser moments
before my better [...]
October 23, 2007
The Daily Wind (rhymes with mind)
After all was said and done, there was only the winding of his watch that kept him regular. Every morning after the taking of a cup of joe, the shearing of the daily scratch, the tasting of the toast and jam. On with the shirt out of the dry cleaning shroud, the push, twist, turn [...]
October 19, 2007
Morticians Daughter
She tasted like death
Formaldehyde
Her perfect skin caked
With makeup pale
Like the dead
Her flaws carefully
Hidden for viewing
Holding her
I smell time
Catching up
Smothering me
Like a rotting rose
Pressed in a bible
October 19, 2007
Marsupial Beds
I come to you at night
When the air is solemn
I slit you open
At the belly
So I can crawl inside you
Like a marsupial
A furry pouch is just
Right to snuggle into
The perfect place
To grow up
The kangaroo is awkward
As an adult animal
He has this enormous body
Which makes him clumsy
Climbing into other
Marsupial beds
Sheets get in the way
Or he [...]
October 19, 2007
People
People
In the movies
Always cover the faces
Of the dead
The look of death
Is too disturbing
Face to face
Fascinating really
The soul is cold
The body hard
A glimpse is enough
Then shut the box
The peace is just too
Infectious
People
In real life
Always cover their faces
When looking at the dead
