nearly a 10en20
> alone in dark corners
three days we have been guardians
three baby jays
pushed out to learn the ways of
the dangerous, dangerous world.
time to learn those wings--
but there's trouble in between
the nest and the sky.
mama and papa stay close,
shrieking first against
us, later aginst only
real threats: the neighbor's
cats, the eager greedy children.
now they know
whose side we're on--
and two babies stayed in sight
hopping by our summer chairs
mouths open; we're friendly,
maybe we know about
worms. baby three was a loner
and three days we fought off the
cats, the clutching children,
and pleaded with him:
stay with the others.
safety in numbers.
he stayed alone, in dark corners.
one would think he was safer
there, hidden among the greener
browner parts of the earth,
his loud brave sister and brother
shouting at him, come out, come
out. today, counting, we see
the two, huddled together but
loud in the open. one small
mistake, alone.
in dark corner.
> fry boy and lulu
fast and greasy
does it, it's good
it's good
but always
we are a little
queasy after.
> then don't
there are two kind of
people in the world;
chalk bones in some of them,
and rebar in the other.
those that can't, bleed.
who among us is more
tired of asking?
> I don't know what to think
this is the year she read
all those books,
the women who do this and
that too much, the seven heavenly
habits of the angry saint,
the barley soup for the
tired hippie soul. one might
guess after, things would
improve. no.
visa debt. prozac.
enlightment always 12.95
away...
> you should read this speech!
you should do these poses!
you should change your hair!
you should change your life!
you should forward this to ten
people, or your cat may run away!
> making little ones out of big ones
she had a way
of starting a scarf
and ending with an afgan,
or planting one patty
pan, and then feeding the
multitudes, or picking
a fight, and
starting a war.
> those who don't read captions
she didn't close it
before striking
she took the first
free record and never
understood the part of
sending back a post
card she never shook
before using do you
understand the problem
here now?
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