another night before 'twas the night before the return of cozily snug; the mountain broke loose from its roots; inched its way into a room; spread its massive breast;' to crush solitude; to emancipate the empty mirror; to trample the indescribable right eye; the eye that moves recrudescence; dormant love leaning hindsight; hindsight blinded by angelism;;; a hinged departure hobbled mischievous; hissing odious honor, neither off-color (dubious) nor on-color (pure);; the other animals were in the den on their backs with feet in the air; some cuddled into deep fur, sucking teat. (#16 Fall 1996)

the phantom's fusillade (or armor) encased in a kind of pavid corset that pinches the depravity he juggles; he disappeared when he stoped talking;; the poem that lives within this animal, this magical juggler, is a maniacal error onanistically hallucinated; his fragrant misery lives within his bloated nares so that on inspiration, he is stabbed by his very own majestic maledictions;;; I met him once; his brilliance left me dumbfounded; the stench he trails is that of decomposed memories stagnating a psychic sanctuary that houses torches which light the phallic lamps of our dreams. (#17 Winter 1997)

on the death of an undying love in his wild shyness the man with two kisses has requested my tears; tears pressed flat by decrepit gaucheries; (cry, damn it, cry!) in this violet darkness (this sack cloth of modernity) I carry his heart in the teeth of my skull; the oils of Extreme Unction drip softly from the gaping valves; mea culpas cachinate at the skirt of a bosomless wretch;;; the children are cold; they beg for mittens and scarves; for kisses before they are used up; there in the shadows biting the neck of a grappling vulgarity (#19 Summer 1997)

 

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