2012

JURY DUTY 2

The personal
    & the political
  marred by waxed
 eyebrows &
  bail bondsman
       Somewhere I left
my past, somewhere but
   not at that sushi bar
  maybe in this improvised
  Irish coffee

2012

JURY DUTY 1

My personal
emotional concerns
  would you recognize
them in yourself?
would you be able
 to follow instructions
 From the Phoney Baloney
 smiling square jawed
fascist? His face should be on a poster
for the unaware
  the death of my
father is not reason
 to be dismissed from
jury duty but an
airplane ticket is

Creature nine
Reads the news
 Still we try
He sighed
  The floorboards are warped
Walking takes some care
  Windows are open and look out on the rivals
   Buildings stand in the wind
Sighing
 Or something
 Ocean breeze in this ocean town
  Foghorns rattle the dishes
   And keep us awake
 Creature nine rolls over
And dreams of floating
 Floating away
On a river of sighs