Alpine at Grand

3

Screaming					again
Backed into					a
Doorway blackness dark night			and
Screaming louder				again
No sleeping a version				truth
Some						praise
Grand version					of
Truth one that is				never
Reached						just
Space (inner)					a
Story about the lack				of
Available light					drawn
Lost irrelevant					suffering
Acquired					through…
Time is defined in				decades
Third to fourth the				deeds
Change from					words
To						actions
Divided between					known
Anger driving through the			street
Red						black
Thoughts reeling over over			in
Deflecting verbal				continuity
Screaming					against
The darkness					stillness
A						car
Hits a fire hydrant				water
Gushing						fifty
Feet high					next
To a street lamp				water
Creating					a
Shadow on the sidewalk				and
Street the					car
Is gone						no
One						arrives
It’s time for a					shower
Clothes off quickly washing			washing
Stop screaming					stop
Itching						so

Alpine Street at Grand 

2

"Fuck					me"
The words				rise
And fall into a				hole
Single view double view			one
Eye					blind
The perspective				trips
Over the...				walking
Back then again forth			to
The					sam'
Corner					fly’s
Following my				arms
Babbling, "Fuck me, fuck		you."
Point to front right			tires
Those cars				stopped
The					light
Changes and				the
Thought is gone with			the
Vehicle					the
Vehicle 				the
Cup					it
In your					hand
"Selected information"			facts
Say them				if
Promote them if you			if
“You promised you did”			if
Canaan meets my eyes			if
Capacity reaches			if
"Fuck					me"
will note that this			isn't
Pornography but the imagination		in...
Eager minds to learn			if
Subject					noun
"Oh love				poems"
I					love
Them they				make...
Cross the street yes			again
Cross the street around			yes
Reaching into				a
Pocket for some change			a
Quarter maybe				a
Dime					who
Who has					dimes?
"Fuck					me"
Corner					crossed

Alpine Street at Grand

1

Fatty					matter
Pearly smoky				growing
Light passing contact that		sits
Feeling the				weight
The					over
Belt hanging sun that's			setting
Peeing again this time			on
The grass				against
The					tall
Plants					vary
Then					sit
Stomach at				attention
Tie a					loop
Of rope					is
This gaining access?			Keeping
Possessions secret from you?		that
Esophagus around the basket		handle
Fearfully				forced
Into a					parting
Neck					line
Ceased and 				stopped
Begun					pushed
Across by				thumbs
Is					it
Disdain? The pages flip			over
Stop at					sketching
Yellow					grass
Within the last time			week
That isn’t concise to			turning
The doorknob and entering		thrown
Confused you				that
Larynx sounding				rough
Take this				the
Distress				the
Substance				the
Regret					but
No guilt				you
Say "humiliation			is
How commitment				is
Gauged in				equity."
Oyster shining				shrinking
You					can
Smell the rotten acuteness		in
Vertical alpine meadows reach		up
Openly take out the			blanket

4th and Wall

6

from 4th and Wall walking to Crocker 
past San Pedro past it's language spell
or letter it and ask anyone if and why
they understand it "Do you?" the reader,
are you really reading these words and
if so "Do you really give a shit?" what
does syntax and meaning mean to you?
anything?  do you understand "signifiers?"

the train from Fontana derailed in Commerce
"oh we were hungry." do you know what
an artifact is? and do you really...
an eye on the ground one
in the air deception, reality words
from the LA Times

4th and Wall

5

the temperature is lower in the alleys
lower even here but it's Santa Monica
only low clouds June weather June weather
warming up Wilshire Blvd toward La Brea
sings out of stores out of clothing stores:

since having all toes removed walking is
a breeze a free feeling tonight the drinks
will flow flowing into your mouth into
your thoughts "Is this your house?"

Can I park my car?
Where do you know me from and why? A
person a man a woman a full time bitch
car salesman beggar fearful husband pre-owned
and proud loser of fortunes stand up
and take you're fucking clothes off it's
a prize some wish

for wish for then forget wish for then forget

4th and Wall

4

put some glasses on read a so many
sounds ears back forward nose sniffing
the air in figure it round it well out
someone in black with badges rides by
and points to the left a cement mixer
stops and several people walk around
waiting taking tubes and attaching them
to a long line take one moment express
a feeling express a noticeable feeling
scratch those sun spots those teary eyes
that don’t focus would you be able to see
if this Minnesota garden left you blind
and debilitated with multiple sclerosis
are we confused you and me walking back
and forth

4th and Wall

3

Over the					paunch
Chain link fence surrounds			the
Sidewalk					there
At the freeway entrance				Pasadena
Time						tide
Waiting cut					off
Chain						link
Fence “When					all
Stitches sew the sentence			up.”
Up						where?
Between						the
One						meter
Steps of					poured
Concrete:					in.
We are such crap…				yielding
Capital ethic					working
The ‘in’					service
Of some						rising
Material function				faith
That						rings
With						salvation
“Ah! Yes”					idealism
OK!						Run
With						blocks
Of bricks stacked one				upon.
Do you really capture				this
Essence						panorama?
Are expressing a				truth?
Are						you?
Rough winds					higher
Up around the building 				roof (tops)
See the						clouds
Then						breathe
Notice the					roses
Decoding meaning within a 			two
By four square along				side
Your						thoughts

4th and Wall

2

Drooling in					the
Drivel under the pillow				putting
The 						past
Into parallel with the				next
Day						present
"Don't read					it
This						way."
One eye						on
The sky the other				closed:
Watching					red
Spots						waving
While						spinning
In a						bathtub
Whirl						pool
This brought back some				wound
Repeated cycles					that
"Lean						over,
Head in						the
Street."					It
Could						contain
Injustice shared				over
Uncertain					Christ
Like						tendencies
To dream up pain				separation
A soul lost a					cold...
"Just						drivel"
Laid on the table				in
No 						real
Order bound					to
Doubt, just looping back			again
The newspaper said 'confluence'			it
Read						one
Eye open					it
Reached into					a
Pocket pulling out a				fresh
Band						aid

4th and Wall

1

Touch me					then
Place a towel over				my
Eyes;						two
Eyes	that M knows				in
Watching					the
Reflection, -spection				to
Where						W
Waits while					balancing
M does the same,				too
Function					words
Place						holders
Wall						Street
4th Street					yet
No						bank
Ing, no ATM touch				me
Then W						vomits
Two						legs
Waiting, the					street
Holds						asphalt
M						does
The same					also
Sewing						jeans
First						floor
Touch me again since				you
Pulled a shirt on				over
Pronounce					it
"Patterns from a Miles				Davis"
Catalogue					Creeley
In a						box
Turn it over and 				look
The tube slippery walls				hands
Hanging						sliding
Falling down					again
First splendor					seen
Airless horizon smoke valley,			too
River						moves
Then we						touch
The towel hides us				again
Closed						eyes

E Riding the Crane

4

Pictures of loved ones, a son, a daughter. Eight and nine
Dresser full of socks and underwear, mothers old wedding
Ring. Sit up for a young bastard outside you look "Rejecting
Everything in meter, but you can't lose meter," condemned
Younger than you, you say

Stagger up					The basis
A flight of					The base
Stairs each					The true thing
One an inch					'Edmund out'
Higher or					'Edgar in'
Lower de					Please take
Pending on					This land
Eyesight					Back take
Yours that					This letter

Unbuttons your shirt unbuttons your pants you won't fall
From this height you know the steel that is being built
Overlooking it: lights swing up words fly up
Misunderstood.