1. The Black Hole of Comedy I made my way down the dank, filthy stairs, into the darkness where jokes go after they’ve died. I descended into Ha-Ha Hell, like…
Spirituality
Tale of the Seven Beggars: The Birds
After these festivities they all went to bed, but the next day the bride and groom woke up early and began to think of the beggar with the crooked neck,…
The Heart of the World
The Tale of the Seven Beggars Part Three On the third day of the wedding celebration, the bride and groom remembered the third beggar and longed for him so strongly…
The Seven Beggars: The Land of Wealth
A Jewish wedding is celebrated for seven days. On the second of these, the bride and groom recalled the second beggar who had cheered them in the forest and given…
Messiah in America: Act V
The same scene. The two Messiahs are preparing for the fight. Menachem’s Messiah is saying prayers. Menachem, Flossie and Jack are gathered around him. Flossie: (Chews gum.) Jackie: Do you…
The Seven Beggars : The Oldest Man
As their hearts began to break with longing, a voice called out, Here I am. I’ve brought you as your wedding present the blessing that I promised you, that you…
Poems from “The Shipping on the Styx”
KEEPING THE WINDOW CLOSED The last time I opened the window the moon got in, streaked through between the sill and sash and plunged into the mirror. It stuck there.…
Pretty Boy Messiah from Dimension X
Jesus Is My Girlfriend And Jehovah is her dad. They both live in outer space. And this makes me glad. Tru Tru Vanilla Luv comes to me from heaven on…
Mrs. Friedman’s Golem
Our neigbors the Friedmans were the only Jewish family for miles around. Because I was “the heathen boy” and smart enough to pass for Jewish, I ran free on the…
A Gothic(k) Tale
On May 21 Peter Lamborn Wilson died in his sleep, his home in Saugerties NY, at the age of 72. His work appeared in 96, and In Memoriam we reprint…