Two Poems

RED


like a splash of blood on the floor
my beloved red cancer of old
spread like forestfire
expand like a ravenous disease
open up like a trapdoor to hell
hot as the highest sun
fucking killer
drug to the soul
crack to the head
accidentally-on-purpose ghost baby
idiot youth arm in arm
swallow me up again
y’sweet sickness



INCHBYINCH


Seasons pass by
inchbyinch
onemillionM.P.H.
melting thru likebutter
I have so many plans
SO much time
BUT
it passes at
onemillionM.P.H.

I bought a
WRISTWATCH
to keepmys elf
in chec k
6o’clock
inchbyinch
onemillionM>P>H
Tomorrow came
(like anyotherday)It passed and i
didn’tevennotice
I wa sn’t sleeping.

I have somany plans
I dreamof them
sometimes.
I wake UP
and recallthem aloud
sothaticanremember.

I wantto bake a cake
I want to readsheet music
I wantt o reach distantfriends
I feellike workingout
get my self into g oodshape
I feel likeamillion dollars
(in debt)

I have so manyplans
my watchspins at
onemillionM?P?H?
T IME
meltsthru like butter