Sunday, August 30, 2009

This Town XI (Missed Connections)

no real sense of home
or others things

more made to order
a place between
(de)composed bodies
of ink

a location of common
recognition

though always
interrupted or just
not fast enough

it's somewhere
to go and play
the last scene again
and again

listen

in the centre
it will be
the same

parked cars and
swing sets
say “let's go here”

it's there
on the rusty banks
and stiff waters

the bridge outside
of town that just
got going

we realize
the wrong way

Sunday, August 16, 2009

This Town X

the PiG

a dead city


rebirth inevitable

questions optional


it's a damned thing

a friend

a water spot

a tree


reach


fold


grow


find the inside

edge


too many

ways through

the centre


a path

too beaten

to be used


it's just a town

my town


and i'll be damned

if you get to it

before i do

This Town IX

before trees
in vacant lots

not ready
to be cut
down

reduced
to ash

a red sun
sets

just outside
of town