All I Could Muster
Outside of the everything,
skeletons and puddles.
The Bones and the Bare
Most statues look like
they ought to be writhing.
Thickness
Speech goes
where meaning ought to.
Doors and Not Doors
Disappearances
work in two directions.
The Head
It feels like a lot of “in there”
in there.
Unbearable Breathing
Nothing was coming
and fast.
Trending Ideas
They all went
the way.
Whittling
In my thought,
I reshape your head.
Preparing to Be Missing
Where I was going was going to be
neither here nor there.
For the Sake of Efficiency
When I dial your number I do so
with the future in mind.
Mental
They called me Mental when I got angry
and also when I didn’t.
Box of Wires
They don’t connect to anything anymore.
That could be a problem.
Hot Glue
At least briefly, it seemed to make good sense
to attach everything to something else.
At Present
Now is a good time
to forget.
On Itself
Sentences about sentences are interesting
mainly to each other.
Down the Hill
He experienced the antagonism
between gravity and friction.
Duchamp’s Hedge
Said quickly in English, the nude is simultaneously
ascending and descending that staircase.
Sadness
Some words mean a lot
but shouldn’t.
When Someone Says
I’m listening, just then
they were not.
Drawn
You look drawn, she said,
and erased me.
My Son’s Riddle
You have one candle and two matches;
how long does it take?
So Much
One wakes up into a world
in which doing so raises suspicions.
Anthem
Many begin with Oh, but
too few end with to hell with it.
War Effort
The last remaining factory produced
the instruments of its disassembly.
Sharp One
He said, Nothing gets past you,
and it was true; it does.
Pragmatism
If I had a hammer,
I’d have a hammer.
image: Celestial Phenomena over Nuremburg, Hanns Glaser, 1561. Zentralbibliotek Zürich, Public Domain