“Mama what does it mean when Daddy says
not to come
when i am already there with him
chewing on my bubble gum?”

mama looked up at me
with wide eyes
and to my suprise
daddy ended up shot down
and now mama’s doin time downtown

“he neva shoulda touched you at all"
she said to me
from behind a glass wall
with tears running from her eyes
“you’re only five”

i didn’t know he was doin something bad
until mama took things into her own hands

**************

the dark is lingering
and bringing back your spell
the time is almost near
and its all the same as it usually is
we both know we have nothing to fear

i run into you
same time same place
bending time and space
lost myself in your papercup
just like i always do
when we go to the late nite picture show
and then back to your place

if you put your lean meat
in the darkest of my caves
you just might bring on the waves
that flutter through the sea
that floats inside of me
and i like to feel your earthquake
as it enters when i am at my highest stake
this is what i think i crave

so touch the mountains
and kiss the peaks
make the sky quiver with your silences
and take your time my sweet
this is what we both need

and

i can feel you waiting there
in antici
pation
for the arrival of another tremor
escaping my wet bayou.
i can feel you waiting there
fingers soaking from the rain
that seems to pour from
my sweet ravine.

and i am waiting here
ready to take all the meat
you offer me
and swallow it
deep.
i can sweep you off your
feet.
as you take your time
silencing my bayou
waiting for your own tremors
to pound into the ravine.
i think its time
we take a ride
down to the central station
where we both can relinquish ourselves.
waiting in antici
pation
for the moment we join.

**************

hey pablo
hey pablo
maria said she needs a ride
cant you help a poor soul out
once in a while

she needs to disappear this time
in a perfect green martini
and a blue guitarist
singing sweet jesus
amazing grace
this is a purple haze
cant seem to wake from my weary days
this mountaintop is way too high
and i think i smoked too much tonite

hey pablo cant you see
the cubistic ways of yours tear me
into a three way silent school girl
jump rope
skip rope
one. two. three.
lets go to the corner for a cigarette
i think i need a drink

hey pablo you know
since humpty dumpty fell off his wall last nite
i havent been the same
and pablo baby i cant even remember my own name.
wait for me while maria locks up her mind
away from your hands.
i’ll take my time getting there
meet me halfway in the sand
i’ll soon get somewhere
but only if you help me out
hey pablo
cause maria needs a ride tonite
cant you help a poor soul out
once in a while

May 2008