Deep Fried Green Beans

Aye!  Where's the lettuce for my sandwich?
It's in the vegetable drawer.
Where the radishes I came with?
They're in the vegetable drawer.
Where's the sauerkraut for my dog bun?
It's in the vegetable drawer.
Baby carrots, can I have one?
Yep.  The vegetable drawer.
Shredded cheese that I can palm to face?
Check the vegetable drawer.
Open can of crushed pineapples?
They're in the vegetable drawer.
Cold cuts to dress the lettuce?
Check the vegetable drawer.
Cherry tomatoes to pop instead of butt breaks?
I think they're in the vegetable drawer.
Butter to grill my cheese with?
It's in the vegetable drawer.
Powdered sugar to snow drift my tea with?
The vegetable drawer.

The Man With the Delicate Hands 2

What rises with the sun?
The wreckage falls away slag.
Through the hydraulic stamp,
the spark, the heat, the noise,
comes the glass man.  The Tore.
2 inch thick plates of gold.
Bullet stoppers.  Sabot stoppers.
Eat a shaped charge like puffed rice.
What rises with the sun?
Compressed circuitry.
Diamond dusted 4000 degree blades.
Sensors that can see from space.
A satellite sized orbital cannon.
The wreckage falls away slag.
Through the hydraulic stamp.
Rise and shine, draco.
What rises with the sun?
Inside, a boy.  Coursed.
Plated like no other.
A metal box impregnable.
Designed to keep out.
Hand crafted to keep in
the nuclear glass.

Snow Blind

I wear my sunglasses at night, no?  Yesh.

Look forward to the days when every day is

sunrise on Europa.

Look forward to the days when every night is

midnight on Europa.

Crack the communicator to check in because today

is the day you may die

if you did not check your gear before heading out.

God knows

his own.

Step outside and the ground is brilliant.

Step outside and the ground is deafening.

Step outside and the ground is

vertigo.

Fall outside
into the snow
face first and
be held.  Be known.
Sleep well and the world around sleeps with you.

Mr. Glass

Fish through pockets for a centerpiece
to build a conversation around.
Your mother is a haunt
growing ghost by the second
if we take time to listen to them pass.

Pollen making the sunset
blur ray time and bounce
rainbow samples in our silence,
stealing glances from pages of
picnic books.

I am shining silent,
you the same,
on a hillside in Cook county.
Michigan lake a hop skip and jump away

the breeze from him taking liberties
with our hair.


Long Drive Dream Day

Walking out to her, I see.
I see fifteen different car accidents and jaws
of life.  I see two hundred reasons to never
turn the key.

Her heart beats the way the ground does
when rain is falling on my sneakers and brow.
Staring at her uncomfortably,
the house behind, miles before,
snow falling to even the score,
fingertips itching for to grasp the shift knob.

Did she just wink at me?  No keyless entry.
So no.  It's all in your mind
while you wipe the hood down on Tuesday,
pet dragon chirping chirping like a cat
ready to go big game hunting.

A cat could not fell a dragon if it tried
with back up.

Feed her asphalt.  Feed her when no one can see.

She will not eat
under a microscope.
We have that
in common.

Never let them see you eat.
Never let them see you cry.
Never let them see you want.
You and I will never die.

The mailman says hello.
I ask what's up.
He says nothing much, are you Davis?
I say yes.
He says right on.
I say hey mister post man wait a minute mister post man
from the bed of my truck.
He laughs.
I smile
and pet the bed liner and coo to her motor and tell her
I can't be cool.

She knows, cutting Bowie knife into my guts.

Okay, baby.  Hush, baby.
The forecast said yes.
I know your tires.  I know the destination.
Waypoint.
We will test us soon.  Wait.  To luck, my darling!

Familiar

Steps.  Steps and thump.

Sitting sliver.  Shadow corner mirror
broken.

Muuhze.

Which way is that spell spelled?

I will stay out here all night
until I learn.

"Kan io niice ke eye hooei niff"

That is alphabet soup!  Piss in a bottle.

You make me like charity.

Act Your Age

Imp.