Middle is Good

a burger on a
salad, a yolk in a white,
we stain this bull's eye

For Billy the Painter

adulation of
the drez requires forethought and
the uncommon cold

The Things That Stick to Honey

a heart alive with
hornets only wants to un-
bury its sweetness

It's Too Easy to Say

a firework explodes
in my ass-- rather: my ass
is independent

Bad Medicine

succulent, like al-
oe, like agave, you burn
with fat, dump with health

And It Is All Pond Scum

streak of white grease, gull
finds a mate this Spring, fortune
leaks like a balloon

Mechanical Daydream, Fishing with Father

in tune with father's
mustache, I push into space--
my shez, motorized