Monday, November 30, 2009

Enemies of Promise

“Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.”
--Cyril Connolly


Tottering from within—

Enterprise

That what will not be
Breached, though treacherous

Enemies have sworn
They will try to

Bring it to rubble whenever
Promise gathers the anointed

Rabble before the gates.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

ServesUright.com is never wrong














Dear Mr. Zambaras:


ServesUright.com regrets to inform you that your application to register the name Saffilis Zaengmac as your lawful nom de plume cannot be accepted due to the fact that said aforementioned name was duly registered by one Goask Elgart on June 20, 1972.


Illegibly yours,


(signed)

Saffilis Zaengmac, Jr.


PS. Serves you right for not writing your name in block letters instead of signing off with just your signature, BLOCKHEAD.

Friday, November 27, 2009

Lie of the Land

1.

Our luck,

stopped among

the carobs and pines.

Needles. The beckoning stone
hut sunk
in whitewash, inside
the heart lines creasing

familiar land.


2.


Coming out

now, the close lie

of the gulf

for a thousand miles
between us,


the hard truth hurting,
absolute light.


(First published in a somewhat different version in Sentences, 1976)

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Soulmonger's Thanksgiving

Ungrateful chattel,
Munching on every minute

Of every day, lest you forget
The hand that feeds you,
Give thanks

For all that is given,
All shall be sold,
All carted away.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Scrabble of Sweet

Lethe-bound, I had a dream
In which all I remembered

Remained a three-word puzzle:
Short, mysterious, sweet.
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