Palette
Palette Right now, when the real world and All the worlds he has created begin to collide And intertwine, he no longer has the will To distinguish between what’s fact… Continue Reading
Browsing Category: Poetry
Ulysses
Ulysses In Bromley, over four decades ago, My battered copy of Ulysses and a Dog-eared notebook in one hand, Endless cigarettes threaded through The fingers of my other, I swan… Continue Reading
Ritual
Ritual “Choose your pain,” she said, Hid her slight sense of betrayal. They’d promised her something Meaty and fresh, not a muscle-bound Hulk fashioned from antiquity. “I seek no pain,”… Continue Reading
The Accidental Professor
The Accidental Professor He was the victim of his Lack of education, self-inflicted Or not. So he couldn’t, or Wouldn’t, understand when She called him her remora. At first he… Continue Reading
The Man With No Remorse
The Man With No Remorse Behind the desk, spurious Trophies of forgotten things, Meant to remind the viewers Of some glory that never existed. The fists on the table, the… Continue Reading
Beginning
Beginning They clustered around the Time machine, the minute Device they’d concocted together, An intricate mechanism of Puzzles, questions, and problems, Weighted on tiny scales balanced On a grain of… Continue Reading
Old Friend
Old Friend In the park On one of his age-old Daily walks, he stops To watch a game He remembers, In the rain, and The ball rolls out of play… Continue Reading
After The End
After The End The first day after the end, She threw away everything that Couldn’t be burned or eaten or Drunk or used as a weapon or To build something… Continue Reading
one day
one day other than being obsessed with her he had no thoughts on each morning over breakfast when he could he drew overly simple pictures of her visions of her… Continue Reading
Preamble
Preamble “Before we really get started,” She said, having removed his clothes And put them next to the bed In a neat pile by hers, “we have To agree that… Continue Reading