Laramidian Arachnids

peace starts out to the left to the left
floats along with the zeitgeist breath
songlines, dancers, true love and birth
a joyful existence on our blue earth
but soldier and warrior to the weave they are weft
and war is who comes when there's not enough death



oh what folly, we got conned
we shipped our dirt across the pond
and now that all the water's gone
there's nothing left to build upon!



if I did it in a burst I was the worst and he did it first besides
now he's fresh gone and I should feel a longin'
— but I feel lighter inside
some things are worth it and some things aren't...
his lies I could never abide



a consideration of circuitry explodes from under the shrubs
rising in the sunset air just like a flock of doves
El Silbodero wanders by, his tune a whistling haunting cry
and coyote's yipin at the Moon; pray the skinwalkers stay outside



Pulp and Paper Products Pizza Party
send another invite so I can go
throw it in the trash to burn
then take a crap at the Tacoma Dome
huff a big old snoot full of that de-stink-tive aroma
and remember where I'm not from



to glisten your listen,
relish the silences



the gini coefficient has moved another notch
back and forth it always swings a revolution's spot
representing equilibrium as a certainty or our lot
Messiah is among their people, climate just got too hot



vampyropod cloak billows out
churning up the silt
fast as lightning we hit the pipe
turn into the angle parabola above and back down to dive
slide the wings of a ray from your sides and get bubble-contrail glides
dream silvering arcs into the night



Deep friars in devil's club briars
immoblized by a ring of burning tires
like a noose slowly drawn
they get rather warm
as the bristly woody stems catch on fire



Bread n Butter love no other don't split about a pole
to break your parent's back you just gotta drop a stone
but if you break their heart you'll lose your tiny soul
so don't worry bout the cracks just keep your mind on staying whole
pigeonhole the principle: rejection out of mode