Johnny B

she was the one they all wanted
she was the one none of them wanted
which was it
she could no longer
                                   remember
it no longer mattered
you will be famous one day
that face
will be famous
they had been
                         lying
belly floor down
face to face
music throbbing under them
sweet cannabis drifting over them
people
lovers friends strangers exes futures
                                                                 stepping
around them
you don’t see it, do [...]

Posted at 10:42 pm on 21 November 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Poetry | read on

Ricky Ricardo’s Restless Daughter

given a name that should be
                                                  Blue
three rows of black brushes
cover onyx holes
that WCW
                  never
imagined
beneath them to the
                                    side
crinkles
that were
                 never
imagined
that were
                 never
expected
crinkles
that
       mark
time
age
pain
joy
crinkles
that are
      his
and
       hers
and
       his
and
       hers
and
       His
there was a night
long ago a night
when the word was
                                   Beautiful
when the word was
                                    Magical
when the word was
                                   mine
                                   Mine
yes,
                                   mine
those days are
                          gone
and the Word [...]

Posted at 10:27 pm on 13 November 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Poetry | read on