Category Archives: Poetry

BLOOD AND MUSCLES @ CBGBs – 1978

June 2, 2024 – 8:55 am

1978 CBGBs. A rough Bowery bar. The Hell’s Angels home Away from the clubhouse No one challenged their claim To the punk rock venue. The Angels scared off other asshole bikers Although not every night. The Cramps From Memphis First show in NYC A packed house Garage rock fans and some Jersey bikers. Rocking, As […]

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May 24, 1978 – Kiev Diner – Journal

May 25, 2024 – 9:58 am

Alice woke up screaming. She had been trapped in a cerebral remake of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. She shuddered in my arms. Poor darling. THE KIEV DINER A Ukrainian diner Sitting with Clover Only sixteen A friend. Punk customers After CBGBs 4:28 AM Mindless No one caring about the mindlessness Rejects from destiny Cups of […]

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ZOE TO THE BONE A Poem

May 23, 2024 – 2:45 pm

The later in the day The longer the shadow The illusion of forever Because zombies don’t have shadows At least that’s what my Zanmi friends say And they Haitians ‘zoe’ to the bone.

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THE LITTLEST BEAR

May 15, 2024 – 8:37 am

Quinton fished the Casco Bay from Peakes Island.
 The other day-fishers know his boat.
 A 1985 Seaway 22-footer running the Drunken Ledge,
 The Cod Ledges,
Big Ridge, and the Tanta’s ‘punkin bottom’.
 Pollock and cod in the winter.
 All in sight of the Ram’s Head Light station.
 Quinton 56.
 Fishing all he know.
 Not speaking much,
 […]

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Lazarus II

May 14, 2024 – 5:03 pm

Two summers ago in the black night of Brooklyn I spewed several liters of blood into the bathroom tub. After wiping the retch from my face More blood surged from my body. Liters’ Something was not right. Something was very wrong. In a taxi I crossed the East River. To NYU Inside the emergency room. […]

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