Category Archives: Poetry

Junkie

February 22, 2024 – 9:11 pm

Back in the 1980s on several occasions I espyed Burrough’s walking corpse crossing Grand Central, his unpolished shoes slithering over the marble floor with an effortless gait. No hello. We knew not each other. I sometimes a drunk. He high and listlessly heading to score dope, his once elegant suit hanging off a scarecrow frame, […]

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NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR THE BLUES

February 20, 2024 – 10:09 am

No one wants to hear the Blues. Leadbelly or Buddy Guy Easy to figure out why It had to do with the weather. A long winter Not too cold and too littel snow Long and it wasn’t over yet. Spring a month away Everyone ready for the Easter Break The Bahamas, Florida, Mexico Anywhere but […]

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NO SILENT NIGHT 2023

February 18, 2024 – 9:43 am

No silent night No peace on Earth Like Lennon said Imagine Imagine Imagine Imagine no more them Imagine no more us Imagine only we are the world We are us. We are us. From the mountains And the valleys To the Oceans All around the world. No more prayers No more thoughts Only the silence […]

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Myrtle Street Sunset Haiku

February 18, 2024 – 9:34 am

4:03 The sun drops behind a building Not sunset yet. Soon

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December 9, 1978 – East Village – Journal

February 16, 2024 – 10:48 am

I haven’t seen Alice all day. My honey has been deluged by problems. The previous show’s Emcee, David McDermott, bailed on presiding over METRO NOVELTIES. A day before the opening. His resignation might have occured, because Klaus Nomi garnered all the praise, ignoring his hilarious haute fey frontman performance. Alice said nothing about the whys, […]

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