Between the Skyscrapers

small ones


a secret lies within
pages and pages, ages and ages:
smile

classical music on
little radio
cheap, but still sounds good

big gray bookmarks
for the bigger books
little black ones for the small books

classical music is like this:
up, down,
where ever the mind is found

I must be quiet here at night
need the toothpaste
damn the door squeaks

ideas come, go, sleep, wake,
candle light, brilliant night,
seven a.m.

I pay for service
I pay for service
make my duck quack like a man

letter people-
the only thing I remember
from kindergarten

I want you to go to the store
and buy apples.
store's closed. eat a pear.

sitting is like
a lot of things
it makes your body feel good

no reason to live
no reason to die
walking in pointless circles

peanuts can't be in the meat group-
they do not come from
an animal

If they like each other,
and it goes well,
they'll see each other again

I can only speak of what I know
but what if this was
a whole different world?

what's wrong,
you look sad,
they ask me

~

1999