Bowlegged Knock Down

A poem culled from a recent spam email for prescription drugs outside of the U.S.

Organize rightness.

Flustered   nihilistic   breakers 

animalizes under steer.

   

Hummingbirds scalp

& takeout sheets.

 

Leprosy lover.  

Neurotropic,  

Caustically foreign.

 

Gasworks exacerbation 

shoot out  keynotes.   

Tri-monthly 

we suggest a

bowlegged knock down. 

Understanding Death

It was never the word coma or

the sound of artificial breathing. 

It was clinging to an ice cube 

hand on the central coast 

of Florida pressing for comfort 

as a scared child does to her mother.

I foolishly thought 

she wasn't holding onto me 

but I was mistaken. 

She was patiently waiting 

until I was out of the room 

to finally to let go.