Divination
If it were that simple, counting
the seconds from red to green,
fingers tapping the wheel,
waiting for the old lady to cross-If she makes it to the curb by green, good news
-If she makes it and starts heading down the avenue,
better newsOld game of "ifs" which began, innocently
enough, dismembering daisies
he loves me, he loves me not(& does a stem count as a wish
if you need it?)So at the farewell party for the German
intern, you realize the velvet wallpaper
looks vaguely familiar, that you’d dreamt
this dark apartment& in your dream
you were in danger
Seek
Bail-Bakers
False calm methodology, flour allergy;
self-scrutiny not a strong point.
I failed the stoplight
but made the moonlight.Birth-Blood
One could be one but what if
one were two instead? What if
the other appeared after one had
given up looking?Cellular-Cemeteries
No telephone to heaven.Child-Chimney
“How is a beanstalk like a smokestack?”
Many windows were broken, sir.
Grace flooded us—Flowers-Food
"Raises Not Roses" the rallying cry.
Father Bill from St. Joseph the Worker tells us
"God is on your side," so we walk clockwise
for the cameras, a demonstration-
demonstration.Laser-Laundries
Let Lolita wash & fold—
I’m busy doin’ my bee dance
in the tractor beam.Limousines-Liquor
You know, those Princess Di jokes
are getting really old.Party-Passport
Our devastations became affectations
at the Émigré Club.Schools-Scrap
To keep a war economy going.Tanks-Tattooing
Why he joined the army.Voice-Warehouses
I hate the echo in this line.
Can’t we commiserate
using landlines only?
