Take on a Star
Tonight I am
Brimming so bright
I could take on a star!
Palm her like a plum and
Bore right in as corona drips lava from
My stained, grinning teeth,
I’d swallow hard to eat my sin,
Swipe my face and
Throw away the core!
Rapping Rain
Strange,
This rapping rain,
Tinsel-straining
From the sky,
Diving down in
Dappling droves,
Earth-snapping sodden groves,
And leaving nothing dry,
Oh, how countless,
Tapping storms,
Have poured their frothy stain,
So heavy on this heart of mine,
So heavy on this heart of mine,
So heavy on this heart of mine.
Afghanistan
I remember
Stacked tires and scared boys
Quipped in deeds and dares,
Eye sockets wracked and pleading to
Their deities after the
Rip of rocket fire
In December.