redwine divine

who shot first 

whose worst

gun’s smoke

part’d company

part’d sea

water red wine

behind veils

a jacob tale

redwine divine

   (and the toasting to thee abstruse nature of handmaids)

concrete just don’t smile

missed conversation/s 

words mere letters

and

it’s so

late

asked

mind/s set

words said

but

concrete just don’t smile

what key is dust in.

andwhat key is

dust in.

all walls

crumble melodiously 

major, minor, diminished.

memories from

that film’s line

soundtracked backtracked 

hangs a 

portrait of a

then and there

too many tides for a day.

when did the coliseum go out of vogue.

priorities of the premier printing press.

all roads rome; paths palestine 

beats none

virals

spiral

a minute

beats none

billboards

far far flung 

faded star

beats none 

recognition 

inscriptions 

a word 

beats none

a dream inside

a dream

inside 

beats none

forgiveness laid flat

volcano.

below

impulses tow

suicidal bridges 

as

forgiveness laid flat

some beaches sunbath other beaches separate

long lines

blood lines

firing lines

peepshows

nooneknows 

deletedmodes

muzzled 

puzzled

leashed 

some beaches sunbath

other beaches separate 

tethered to a rusty beachchair

descendants 

circumstances;

savagery relatively 

to a pop’d culture

and all those 

99 balloons 

tethered to a rusty beachchair 

turnonalllights

apocalyptic hums

flashlights stun

when darkness falls

what doth it call.

guided by lites

sights

why flashlight.

turn on 

all lights

count it, overtime

got utopia

scratch’n

just below

the skin

tryin Keno

scratch’n

just to 

get that win

on the 

streets of steal 

you’re just a

rent to own;

blurry picture’d 

posts

little

flippy phone

movies just

a play

added

soundtrack;

moving pictures

better, 

gotta act that

blue on blue on blue 

that’s a primary.

etched it in the stars

Hills, Beverly 

body twitterpated

saw it 

instantgram

photoshopped probably

call it 

telescam

level’d up 

field and 

still riding pine,

jumbo tron’d life

count it

overtime

holi (parking) lots all look the same

diluted tea 

excuses me

filter’d me 

ne pas

complicity 

from behind 

long line

ne pas

preacher to choir

chapter to verse

saved to cursed

holi (parking) lots all look the same

ne pas

manna looked like snow too

snows subtle 

saddening 

descents

rains aggressive

suns oppressive

the moon has no say

winds ahowling 

manna looked like snow too

a ladybug hue

vibrations 

quiver

a ladybug hue 

the ocean

holds equilibrium 

echoing 

all boats

moored to this sea

abundantly 

straydogs will bark a collar

aplomb’d

and 

sums all gain’d 

tarnish stains

before sun’s rise

otherwise 

shake shake quake

and who still speaketh

maps and 

legends 

straydogs will bark a collar

suitcase vision

      by 

roads

field

air

land

seas

departe’d blues

arrival blues

turnstile’d blues

terminally terminalistic

lost.

suitcase vision

dayglows

allglimmeringsnow

will will

melt,

cleanser me

landscape

maybe I am

one of them

and them

there

those;

fake’d rose

and me 

then there

and now 

there those

perfect’d chose

too kind 

behind

I’ve been fine

fine’d

oxidized wine

sour’d grape

landscape

permafrost

lost 

paradisio 

13

hounds’ nose

heaven knows

regretted step

emphatic bet

hang’d balance

even to odds

saint matthias 

13

a past perfect

and the 

justifications

and that

justification

spare’d me

           spare me

prop’d
white picketfence

reruns 
click it

a textbook’d grammar

places

you 

in a

past perfect  

and/or

spend

spent