Between the Skyscrapers

a mind like water


this is a mind like water
phantom phenomenal firepower
grass roots and untangled from mexico
bomb shelter basics, what was learned in aviation school
now has become a ghost
lemon scented everything
a crab tree in a backyard, a ruthless villain
canopies of wildflowers, under hours, past cars and miles
smiling sunsets with drapes made in cantilever, no some village
some people, some red egg which is poison meant to kill a king
devoted, great and powerful
brave but small
weeds overgrown, talking shadows and trees that are museums
tiny sparrows wonder what to do next
cracker down, many flies, shooting arrows enough hard
can anyone ever?
it's said that where it starts is where it ends
strand of gold, melted in milk constellation vapid sunflower
waves traveling to a distant shore, remote and gray
fading pictures, but not real pictures
printed in sky, sand's edge is a bottle of ink
rocks are porous but contain little salt, much immigration
a baby sits in between the ends of two things
a snake delivers the message
a cell multiplies, converges with others, severs a main vein
butterfly? can of ginger root?
press numbers and squares and get pages and pages of artwork,
boxes of quicksand with id badges and short little notes explaining
love is loving to get above, off of piano keys, out into rain expecting
shortly enough, the beaver continues its work but with difficulty,
with a lead belly
in comes saxophone, inside a swirling black cave
a messenger gives the news of tortoise's death
old greenback had a reason for everything, built in 1886
but no not long enough
like a round flag, a viper's venom thrown out the window at ninety miles per hour
something grandma has in a little box under the bed never to be touched
a book made from eggplant leaves floats down the river,
until a hippopotamus swallows it and turns blue
a priest begins his paper route
a nice little bug crawls up the microphone and buzzes everyone out
the black hole is still great misery
another one was when the egyptians got beaten at their own game
there wasn't a negative penny left, bowl of milk incarnated to playwright
telegrams expected to double occupancy
with a twelve foot ladder that slips and breaks, a lot
you could put it in your pajamas
it could be burning for a question, like,
pie glows in the dark?
mathematical rainbows are astronomically correct and maintain great time
within a buried shield, more fire with flames, sulfuric waters
magnets in giving way, ordering carefully, prodigious and exact-like in the way
but the whole way tranquilizes some
nonsense bumps are still kept for non purposes
grainy plaque mutton in why of can't beat angelfish
cracked boat motors strumming and breathing in a kitten mouse inside a duck
more bubbles in the pond
less manual missions
but greater principal power, whether feather or under shower
peaking constitutional niches in god and rusting nutters, how can it be?
dandelion weed
nightmare in horses hair has to jet off warning signals
has to net worthy eventides the mother of all salty seas
crammed in a cupboard discussing french glass
reading old technical layouts of gas stations mega stations with gas
severe system malfunctions tell of oxygen breakout, antimatter explosion
reverse gravitational pull and unwanted rodents
paranormal cake dust, big swallow
crystal tape sticks that scratch and twill
break and follow noise, muttered in his high heaven “come alive”
wrote in mud hatter, failed
all along pretty roses were seen as distant cousins
street walker can opener
worldly weather exposed, a mailman molded in modern times
like brunt seaweed
shaved antelope shimmying down a pole in playland with her sister
molten lava sinks busted hearts, moss grows on an old hose
return swamp luck, bad aroma distinct in rocky mountain axe house
there was an angel in that fire, mister briefcase, death notice messenger
shrink wrapped and bubble bathed
sent away and then sent back

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2001