Monday, August 20, 2007

24 Haikus

9pm

At 8’o’clock sharp,

The Bald Soprano opened.

Twenty-three shows left.


10pm

The doorbell sounded.

A tune filled the dining room.

It was “Three Blind Mice”.


11pm

True fatigue simmers.

Briefly stalled with sandwiches.

Beware the triptophan.


12am

That show was quite smooth

But Keith pondered the question,

“Wow that was just four?!”


1am

Punch to Adam’s face

Oh, sweet self inflicted wound!

Own worst enemy.


2am

All the bars have closed,

Cigarettes in the booth,

A brown mustache falls.


3am

Dearest Delante,

You know you are our sunshine

You are our bouquet



4am

Body getting tired

Neck and shoulders tight, so tight

Muscles atrophy.


5am

Sleep deprivation,

Sinks his teeth into the air.

Still rockin! We don’t care!


6am


“haiku in a snowstorm”


7am

When the doorbell rings

Sometimes there is someone there.

Other times, there’s not.


8am

Laughter has broke free

Like a shot of fresh canned cheese

Aiming for your mouth.


9am

Breakfast was tasty.

The comedy was tasty.

The “Fun Cheez” was not.


10am

Quiet audience

But one man has been sitting

For at least eight shows.


11am

I’m out of haikus

It saddens me a little

To have no more poems.


12pm

Wigs are falling off

A bit of fixing helps them

To get them back onstage.


1pm

Damn good energy.

Toss around a ball of yarn.

Do the roboto.


2pm

We’re still going strong.

Bobbi Block laughs for Adam.

Mary moves sexy.


3pm

Bigger crowd baby!

Awkward silences, big laughs.

Spit-take not so great.


4pm

Fast, silly, and bald.

Krishna Murti Manchester.

Fire Chief molested.


5pm

Sleep will rule again!

Rings around the eyes, glow brightened

Like being on drugs.


6pm

One more show to go.

Now a naked Fire Chief

Sends chills through the crowd.


7pm

To the top, my friends.

The last the same as the first.

Leave it all behind.

Saturday, August 18, 2007

from the first

lightening cracked
and with the trembling
of your knees
i knew that i could wait
forever to be
your girl
in a yellow dress
circling, circling,
forever in pace
without turn.

forever would be the moment that
i was, am,
the true essence of a girl,
who revels in the
true beauty of woman.
for now i am simply, always
the girl next door,
fool in the rain,
standing still,
as always
the song remains the same.

Thursday, August 09, 2007

free

i am a free flying bird.
i fly on the wind,
where broken egos
easily mend.

Sunday, August 05, 2007

untitled

the ocean's ever
changing moods soothe
uneven rifts of
wood and glass
washed up on
shore - pulls sand
into depths, relies
solely on the
whim of the
moon to direct
passion and anger
and the creatures
that bathe and
thrive and multiply
in birthing waters
older than time.

the moon's ever
changing face pulls
tides in, out -
a contradiction in
twists, in turns,
against earth, but
remains still steadfast
even when overcome,
forgotten in the
rays of sun.

earth takes in
turn the brunt
of each ever
changing cycled season
as life thrives
and multiplys she
embraces survival with
out full knowledge
or anger towards
the savage beasts
that consume her
days and nights,
turning ever in
the wake of
the pull of
ocean and moon.

their dark sides
remain cratered, scarred -
Ocean, Moon, Earth -
cycled in time.













El amor no espera a ningún hombre, ni mujer.
Envejecido y se cambiar en ciclos de tiempo,
El amor espera sólo la verdad.

Love does not wait for any man, nor woman.
Aging and changing in cycles of time,
Love waits only for truth.

Thursday, August 02, 2007

Dear Picasso,

how can you be
so careless
so incomplete
so ADD
as to
purge the
skirts you chase
as easily as
a disagreeable
meal?
are you
so blinded
by the
liberty
afforded
by
art
that
you can't feel
a broken
heart beating
beneath you?
or is that what
drives you -
the pain you feel
at leaving
the painted
tainted
behind?
echoes
of her
your
broken heart
beat,
move your hands
with rhythm and
life that
you can't duplicate
by any other means?
how can you be
so careless
so incomplete
so ADD
that in all your desire
you miss her
desire
to please
to bed
to complete
that which is
incomplete
for more
than a few
waves of
pleasure?
beware.
your life
is public
domain,
my friend,
and for all
the
pleasure
you give
you are
an open book
carelessly
incomplete
with your
ADD.