where blackberries grow big as melons

 

where blackberries grow big as melons

in fish heaven carp lays sardines

he only suicides herring

and martyrs used to glory

through sandwich saccharides

the print press embalming putter

and shipping tour pickups tulip

corn-bullets pop triage

on face-powdered heritage

words birds the truth must be nearby

 

words birds the truth must be nearby

i wonder who invented poetry

he will pay for his crime

dollar a dime

haiku

 

haiku

nickel axis lever cylinder

pronged streams feel

facing axions

lock lens

 

lock lens

stars in hell

sprinkle marrow

verify

sonic rotunds

behind sun's halo

haiku

haiku

rolled steel

marks shift

in rubber

jellyfish

 

jellyfish

crowded cradles

insufficient abide

virulent mind

stay put, don't waste

voices chimes

mind suck

your teeth

metallic trimmers

slick tongue

dead mortus dead

dead mortus dead

few are models of

security

few are hands to

grip

what has turned

into heat

metal and coil

farm boys and mothers

our walls

fair sight and glee

tropes in smoke

ra-ta-tat