Poems

the lucky ones stuck in the rain on the freeway, 6:15 p.m., these are the lucky ones, these are the dutifully employed, most with their radios […]

The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth if I suffer at this typewriter think how I’d feel among the lettuce- pickers of Salinas? I think of the […]

The Most here comes the fishhead singing here comes the baked potato in drag here comes nothing to do all day long here comes another night […]

The Most Beautiful Woman In Town Cass was the youngest and most beautiful of 5 sisters. Cass was the most beautiful girl in town. 1/2 Indian […]

The Night I Was Going To Die the night I was going to die I was sweating on the bed and I could hear the crickets […]

The Poetry Reading at high noon at a small college near the beach sober the sweat running down my arms a spot of sweat on the […]

The Retreat this time has finished me. I feel like the German troops whipped by snow and the communists walking bent with newspapers stuffed into worn […]

The Shower we like to shower afterwards (I like the water hotter than she) and her face is always soft and peaceful and she’ll watch me […]

The Sun Wields Mercy and the sun wields mercy but like a jet torch carried to high, and the jets whip across its sight and rockets […]

The Worst And The Best in the hospitals and jails it’s the worst in madhouses it’s the worst in penthouses it’s the worst in skid row […]