dependence day

fireworks celebrate the 4th of july sky over the gulf of persia
and you're in italy, sleeping off a siesta,

the plane's passengers crossing the channel to their homes
smelling of lebanese meats& spices, the sound of silly children

happy to see their daddy, the spouse's complaint
of the local vicious dog that terrorizes the meter reader

just doing his rounds, and i'm pitching horseshoes
in oklahoma, taking aim and firing with my lower lip

silently chewed in contemplation
throwing my shoe& hoping for a ringer

as the macho burst of fireworks resounds in my mind
&all i felt was disgust, a dust gust of remorse,

dashdashdash dotdotdotting thru all the miles times& warzones,
all i felt from this celebration of isolation was nausea,

mind churning with visions of bloated floating dead
O spangled banner of of amerika who'd guess

you're not an island? surrounded by mental waters, you only lower
your drawbridge to send out armed salesmen

what carrion you produce along the skyways of commerce!
what blisters swelling on your triggers of ignorance,

what vain nationalism with your civil plights
& condom nation of others! and here, what say i of myself?

i too am amerika
i too an isolatoe

but i think and think that my dream has abandoned me
expand the terroritories into hearts of love,

knock out those with too much to give
wrap nature in disposable diapers and talcum consciences

by proclaiming (i am not) me
we swear it don't hurt though the drought burns pink skin

patriots! independence day
fade away like a pipe bomb

like a stomach ache
like comparisons that knot the side& shatter our illusory caskets!





1989 Midland Review #5
Oklahoma State Univ.

Iran Flight 665

"While flying in Iranian airspace over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf on its usual flight path, it was destroyed by the United States Navy guided missile cruiserUSS Vincennes (CG-49). All 290 onboard including 66 children and 16 crew perished."


 eat shit CIA. 

inkamastinkadoo

way gone& very back too

rode into frown.

teeth mountain had blunted

crows feet before grimace was vehicular,

                       taxied by tax levy surplus.

less meaning is impossible in the context of trying.

                       blame lambs. flame bands.

read my shirt& die dirty good circles

my sponsor is aloof inc.

(just ran into out of inkamastinkadoo

O moved to Camp Foetid

O moved the ball,

g8 to camp foetid but the foe there mowed lawns

for summers all year,

unseasonably rich sequestrian facilities that whinny like jetboats

forcing blonde photos to don flesh

whine dine& plagarize tastes less oriental,

world economy being white

as a drained gash zone,

leaving chicago

only NATO.

blunderbus-implement of trumpeting vile patriarchs!

O can move the court,

deflate the ball, but every winter's discontent

cannot hide behind one percent's

shadow government

sponsor, for all rely on where to send the check and balance

that is why the toilets are marble

they stay put for the game,

not the players

Manning

foie gras detainee,

fattened for courtroom infamy

shackled in danger orange,

code pink protectors and grey panthers recall Pentagram Papers

while the most manly

is a cunning crossSnitcher from Crescent,

not accused of telling Truth the time

but put on show for a hawk pecking

songbird: do not eat

the gaps between bars will convey your thin ghost to the world by interNets

unable to restrain

the girth of Earth embodied in a single

winged hero

whose grain may be read by the Woulds that leave

places we can honor

organized crime in uniform november 17 2011

as elizabeth nichols is pepper sprayed November 17 2011

police surveillance November 17th 2011 chase bank protest

nametag November 17th 2011 Chase bank civil liberties abuses

elizabeth nichols Portland Nov. 17th before she is pepper sprayed

liz nichols chase bank november 17th 2011