Such is life

Drinking chai tea
doing tai chi
try to remember the last time I was creative

words used to flow from my body
like music to my ears
lately it's like pulling teeth
as ears stream down my face

yes, ears. Lest I dream on, as the years
pile up
faithless and drowned, not unhappy but worried
not rushed but certainly hurried
unmarried/harried
and so on
and so forth

every floor

every floor

is as ordinary as

every other floor

a million floors

stretching out, from

here to eternity,

floors covered in

linoleum, sandalwood,

expensive linens,

birch bark, pine shavings,

floors covered in mud

floors made of earth

floors smelling of catnip

flooring supplies salesmen

leaning on their wives

after a long day at work

dancing on top of bars

tables become floors

men dancing alone,

men dying alone,

human beings crying

to touch each other, to

reach out like arms grabbing

falling money

I have a farm!

I have a horse!

I fed it poison!

there was a time

before the war

when I still believed

and now instead

I spend my nights

setting fires in alleyways

& jerking off

and now I'm done

with the hotheads,

the unbelievers

and the gentlemen brides

cool calculated birds

landing on wires

flitting between oaks,

between evergreens,

men hiding in broom closets

boys with bright eyes whistling

bright corridors leading

to darkened rooms,

women with dishpails &

cards carrying loose slots

(The Loosest in Connecticut)

...

now arm your souls & arm

your minds with nonconformity

because a new wave of manipulation

is pouring down on us, pouring

over everyone you've ever met

and it must be resisted. 

as the floor holds the feet 

holds the body & the mind 

resting regally in that head,

the beautiful head of yours.