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Eatin' chocolate pudding
Drinkin' 3 a.m. coffee
From a 4 yr old mug
Rereadin' a book took
Me ‘bout a hundred
Pages to realize
A bomb could go off
Outside & I’d be
Oblivious I'm way past
Relevance planted under
These florescent lights
Like a mortuary body
Coolin’ on the slab
Listenin' to rat feet kick
The metronomic hand
That feeds 'em & if
That ain’t a grand
Endorsement I don't
Know what is

KE

trinkets

confounding evidence
in an old shoe box
accusing old men in
silence letting them
hang themselves with
tongues of conscience
slow twisting behind
indiscriminate backs
conjuring such acts as
can't be used in any
court room just give
them a bottle to spend
the night in / whiskey's
blinder than any justice
& the visions they seek
are ignorant of them

ke

closure

I smell the tang of
Funerary sentiment &
Am highly offended
Oh God for I hear no
Wood saw cutting no
Iron nails pounding
No creak of finality
Closing shutting out
The light the darkness
Is of my own choosing
& I would appreciate
Your discharging
My shadow

KE

dancing

with the
stars while
birds of
paradise
are their own
enjoyment &
beauty & they
dance what few
can imagine
possible

ke

under cover

There’s a lot to be
said for warmth
It brings a temporary
contentment
It eases pain & anxiety
& lulls us to
Sleep it releases the
scent of desire
& induces dreams of
unconscious
Pleasure & delicious
fear w/out it
We are nothing but
frozen turds in
The snow

KE

on the wind

Breathin' cheap perfume
Like a bluetick caught the scent
Of a failed escape

KE

illeism

There’s someone else here
I know it’s just you & me
2 persons
Yet you keep addressing a
Third person & I can’t see
Him & he has my name &
It’s driving me nuts so cut
The crap / will ya

KE