Fauxku Choo Choo (the play's the thing)

[nibbed]

the cat steers towards the tuna salad
    on little cat paws
    i push the cat out the door with my foot
    paradise lost


A foot steers towards
a dark opening, fearing
only a trip wire

[RiverNotch]

A foot steers towards
a dark opening, fearing
only a trip wire

Fearing the light at the end of the tunnel:
the spotlight, the headlight, the sunlight
of atoms fusing, of truth unveiling, of the body
tripping over rails -- learn to love the bomb.

[nibbed]

Fearing the light at the end of the tunnel:
the spotlight, the headlight, the sunlight
of atoms fusing, of truth unveiling, of the body
tripping over rails -- learn to love the bomb


rails learn
love trips
over light

[rayheinrich]

    rails learn
    love trips
    over light
   

    love's light
    over light rails -
    learn to love the boob

[just mercedes]

love's light
over light rails -
learn to love the boob

silly boob - you sneezed
you know that snow is light
learn to chop your own rails

[ellajam]

silly boob - you sneezed
you know that snow is light
learn to chop your own rails

boobs, boobs, boobs
but the only alternative
is to learn to live with a prick

[RiverNotch]

boobs, boobs, boobs
but the only alternative
is to learn to live with a prick

Pricked finger signals
boobs -- milk of sleep, sleep of lust,
blood my baby's bite.

[rayheinrich]

    Pricked finger signals
    boobs -- milk of sleep, sleep of lust,
    blood my baby's bite.
   
    boobs
    milk
    mom
    oh damn, i was supposed to call her back an hour ago*


*

This last bit is true... but I did and everything's OK.
I read her this poem and we got to talking about breast-feeding us kids. I was her first and she
wasn't that coordinated at it and had a breast flop out in public many more times than once.
Back when she was nursing me, she was going through an Indian (Native Amer.) phase. She made
leather moccasins, stitched beads on them, and had these two long braids like you see in the movies.
One of the few really early childhood memories I have is riding on her back holding on to her braids.
What I don't remember -- mom just told me -- was that I'd do that when I was nursing.
Mom: "It was very convenient, I could sit typing out a letter and nursing you at the same time."

[just mercedes]

boobs
milk
mom
oh damn, i was supposed to call her back an hour ago*

my mom had boobs
on her back. We hung
from her braids, to drink milk;
she could keep typing

[RiverNotch]

boobs
   milk
   mom
   oh damn, i was supposed to call her back an hour ago*

my mom had boobs
on her back. We hung
from her braids, to drink milk;
she could keep typing

mum's braids
made good swings,
but boobs are more eternal.

[Keith]

mum's braids
made good swings,
but boobs are more eternal

Hell will wait
to take your sins
stood pushing swine
on eternal swings

[nibbed]

an empty swing
the wind is the only one
pushing



bulls-eyes
forsake the red
thankful for the wind

[just mercedes]

bulls-eyes
forsake the red
thankful for the wind

red faces, shifty eyes
in the elevator -
someone passed wind

[rayheinrich]

    red faces, shifty eyes
    in the elevator -
    someone passed wind
   

    the wind as an elevator rises
    my wistful memories as a roach -
    bad karma
    reincarnated me as human
   

[ellajam]

the wind as an elevator rises
my wistful memories as a roach -
bad karma
reincarnated me as human

You always spoke of cutting
karmic ribbons. Pure laughter spooled
from your mangled humanity.
I hope you're done.

[rayheinrich]

    You always spoke of cutting
    karmic ribbons. Pure laughter spooled
    from your mangled humanity.
    I hope you're done.
   

    your undies
    moist again -
    summer karma
   

[just mercedes]

summer karma
sand hot under bare feet
waves rock
and roll me

summer sand
heat waves
me

[ellajam]

summer sand
heat waves
me

your wave at me
across the desert
summarizes reason

[rayheinrich]

    your wave at me
    across the desert
    summarizes reason
   
    The desert waves seen as they crest;
    atop ride gods who claim we're blest,
    if we but join their holy quest...
    then ask for blood (i should have guessed).

[nibbed]

The desert waves seen as they crest;
    atop ride gods who claim we're blest,
    if we but join their holy quest...
    then ask for blood (i should have guessed).



Succulents crest
in nova bloom
blest God's way