Alter Ego

Simplicity

.

Do you mean
What you say?

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Of the utmost
Complicity.

(from The Intricate Evasions of As)

Crystal Clear

child like

paper snow

flakes open

eyes wonder


(from The Intricate Evasions of As)

Terminal Disease

Unworthy the ink
ejaculating

octopus spits
out black pus.


(from The Intricate Evasions of As)

Illumination

conceives the word
perceives

the world within
a mind

less deception.

(from The Intricate Evasions of As)

Poet in the Aviary

1.

No more beating round the bush, boy--
Just murder for the thrill of it,

Fire at will.

2.

Bad chicks' blood seeping under the sill--
That's more like it,

No more mockingbirds to kill.