Tag: artist
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Dress nice today, please
You tell me show up trim for the family pictures I show up Clay Collard muffintopped Swilling drinks, all the trimmings Collar flapping open, all buttons open this instant; sesame Described me pregnant with a beard, crying Yeah that’s him, please understand he’s Irish He can only do harm, he’s harmless He’s an accidental pirate…
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Yellow Rose
She grows that garden rose Grows without control Sweet smells climb up my nose Everything goes on under my nose Without my knowing. She is a rose Her billowing robe flows like abundant sap Chinese female gold, her dress is yellow orpiment Her shift in yellow also, gem of the orchard She is a scorching…
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Sins of the Flesh
I think of my best clothes and they are on Inside my black jacket lining red as scarlet-snouted Anacreon Alacrity enhances your acceptance of invitation Your smile written citation I slink naked, clock my best clothes and they are off Upon the floor, finery’s trapdoor Stoking old loves angry spurned ghosts, host hating rewinding old…