Entry 314

the road you walk
melts as i watch
helpless — 
you are out of reach.
(
my muse & i had climbed
over many blockades
in search of fungus.
ingenuity as well as
persistence was tested
during our forest voyage.
before we left with 
pockets bulging from prizes
i noticed an odor. 
exhaust fumes are our applause.
white&red blindness
was welcome enough.
heat waves,
we do not return the gesture.
fee-love freeway is 
comfy but clingy.
my muse doesn’t mind
i step aside to trod atop trash trails.
trekking Mt. McAppleBucks i
encounter an avalanche.
set back sixsome paces.
when heat rises my muse
meets amber fate.
doomed in pit of pen tar.
)
we languish in unsung farewell.
(
wait no more my muse.
passion boils but cannot
cause this grip to evaporate.
bubbling tar has viscosity of
afterbirth in champagne bath.
i slurp at your cage.
o if only all jail walls
were gingerbread and
all occupants were 
nearly so sweet.)
( 
i rolled in accordance to gravity.
burping&cursing down a hill.
found a cliff overlooking no beach.
braced for impact.
spread limbs wide.
opened eyes.
saw you in a wave.
collision provided 
no sensation.
i am buoyant but i lack sails.
idle and drooling oil 
to ruin ecosystem.
the tide takes me further from
my landlocked lover.
you & i are apart.
time while together was
all worth hell&earth.)
(
my mouth frees me from buoyancy. 
i sink in skin submarine.
observing undercurrents 
as well as monsters.
i reach out. to ride.
fearless.
the beast cannot shake me off.
fang-gilded-frowning-gill-taxi 
takes me downtown. faster.
until i cannot see. i release.
what is unseen may be ruins.
or the mouth of a great guppy.
or a world in negative 
where my silhouette is 
afloat in blinding light.
afloat in unknown. 
without a thought on the matter.
womb blind.
with no warning toward
whispering weapons.
nicotine thick fingertips 
reach for the sleeper’s throat.)
(
black bile consumed me.
vile veiling vomitus envelops.
from viral vantage imploding. 
excess self is shed&shelved.
please dear fish
relieve any pressure from my bones.
ears are free here. in silence.
gutter soul found all volume agonizing. 
guttural calls cease as anonymity sinks in.)
(
i wear my pen tar shawl.
hung heavily from shoulders.
this ooze costume is camouflage.
hunter&hunted. 
i would don another name.
any name will be my lie.
my lies are companion in this land.
hello friend.
you emit a lovely glow
and your teeth are
as ominous as ever.
pentar the trespasser. 
panter prowls under 
algaebloom umbra.
the bard of entropy 
is no honored duke
in any land.
not welcome here.
i brought no light.
as offering.
as currency.
as penance. 
dark pockets harbor lint.
my luminescence depends on your faith. 
in deepest jungle or
abandoned biosphere
i was aglow.
accompanied by my muse
whose love was helium.
bubbles in my veins rush audibly.
a galaxy of predators turn
eyes of fire on me.
not a whisper.
i explode once cornered. 
cacophonous land-mind
collaborates with its shadows.
all questions are conquered
with immediate dismissal.)
(
dead fish fantasy
might amuse Hades.
might offend.
not concerned. 
whalers won’t ferry me to town.
cold waves. fare well. pointing at lighthouse)
(
coral courthouse 
resides royal.
upkeep need not keep up.
let my feet greet debris.
let teeth grind empty. 
less glass blown from tongue.
looks like cool sandfort.
soon fools will need torches
to see their front porch.
patio bulb bandit 
back on dry land
strikes coastal communities. 
contractual toolbelt rental 
requires only one signature. 
might be strenuous.
sure fire grapple lands
& grabs lighthouse railing.
i crave megawatt theft.
i plot the highrise heist.
to knockout each wallet cop
around floor 13. 
then work my way
down.)
(
on land
i amuse myself.
beware the mental menace or 
swim in ink.
my trajectory is mostly malignant.
nevermind that.
next activity.
seeking flow.
snarling at tree roots.
seeking meaning
from varicose entity.
gnarled bark responds with silence.)
(
no light to follow.
no more monsters to fight.
no marrow remains in my bones.)