"I sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe" ~ Sir Philip Sidney

On Endarkenment Dirkinōn , darken the azure, as eyes in the pools of blue skies, let in no light remember photons form an appearance kindness, Dirkinōn , what I say is lies in bad faith, we trust, the reverse is true negate the words of speech to set aright ō'aki, fly me to the moon, clearance not required for non-security dark side, not dark, far side, beyond the blue ask me, ask me not, ask me, ask me not remember, in love with me, never fall kick the colorless green ideas, the snot enjoy the blood on the driveway, recall notorious ball of obscurity trust not what I say to you, understand honesty is for the wicked, to scorn ephemeral phenomena, the real anxiety to perform, the demand zaboo is no taboo, but creative under duress, boredom, undead, unborn remember the blood in the driveway, feel ecstatic until the pills wear off, then azure skies above, thrive, who wants to live suffer from suffocation, the sorrow employs billions to exploit, make money y...

I was born in Bombay would that I could return as if I never left subtle difference, Broadway born to die, live to thrill one deserves a good turn remember how bereft neglected children feel instantly, poised to kill nobody cares a lick Bolsheviks on the whole ordinary, relic made to serve a lost goal burdened with past appeal as they say, I was born yes, in Bombay, forlorn

All about my wife, all about myself As I could not understand, then, but now leftovers in the refrigerator love comes with a flash of lightning and goes as quickly as it came, as if a blow browbeaten into submission, silence obey the rules, observe, and learn later understand the hidden, a river flows time is of the essence, wasted, now gone misery, as they say, loves nescience yet, I am culpable for my actions wonders never appear to leave a mark in the brevity of marriage, factions form against happiness, what set the spark embittered by a choice, a voiceless swan ask not for wedding vows, ask to be strong let go, move on, do not reflect on time let the past be the past, divorce in place alas, say less, say nothing, I was wrong by a mile to think, even imagine others and myself were alike, my crime understood as a vice, to seek disgrace to sabotage our happiness, our luck muck about, ask for more, a twisted grin yet, feelings and thoughts are not deeds, the bo...

Fond memories, positive connections otherwise meaning devolves and dissolves now knowing that hurt people hurt people demands to understand why directions markedly, were never followed or read each case study is difficult, resolves murder cases as cold case files, steeple overhead to guide lost sheep with fiction remember the lay of the land, outspread invokes the palm at the end of the mind experiences of trauma remain sorrow for rough sleepers who remain blind potentially disconnected, disdain observed in others without affliction sermons are for preachers, not for poets insanity conforms with the abuse trouble to remove survivors to safe institutions, notorious, regrets viewed in hindsight, spin the wheel of karma ego ages ago confronts the deuce confronts the devil, an orphan, a waif otherwise known as a victim of chance nature in reality is dharma negative experiences subside exacerbated by harsh, bitter words contained by emotions and thoughts, confide t...

The Majestic Unicorn Asks for You Thematic basis for a running joke hermeneutics aside, to interpret ephemeral phenomena, a shoe Major Tom to Ground Control, the door broke as I now have nothing better to do just wait for maintenance to arrive, bet enter a song and dance contest, sniff glue snort coke, shoot horse, mix cocktails, a speedball to encounter the fire always blue introduce you to the forever gone club, where the afterlife is nevermore Until you spy a raven on the lawn nothing but black on green as a folklore introduce you to dropping dead, they fall called back to earth to report a murder ouch, that even hurt my ears, a bad pun restores the fulcrum to balance the scales now if Rachel dances on a girder Atop a skyscraper construction site sucks if she falls in, a show just for fun kindness kills the best of us with hay bales smothered with kisses by a Six-foot Pole forget why they arrived for a small bite ostrich head in the proverbial sand remember ...

This book, I broke the spine, what do I owe Theater is mimetic, no talent hateful pretty boys in make-up act out issue a warrant for arrest, busted shit going down, do not act so gallant book them on charges of grand larceny out of the way, get out, you drunken lout ousted from Congress, servants once trusted kindness in cruelty, loving-kindness I twist my tongue in knots, copper penny broke the law, the spine on a book I read ripped it to shreds, rip her to shreds, so dull okra on a bone china plate, I dread kindness as cruelty, memories null every happy moment lost to blindness theater is a lie, yes, nothing more hateful little girls with tantrums to throw everyone loves to watch, voyeurs, on stage spit on the floor, vagrant, what is the score pity for you no one speaks up, bespoke intellect lost in the city, black crow no one bats an eyelash, you rant with rage empty your past bottled up with a cork what do I do with all this pain, I broke hate crimes to get ...