Haunted Carnival

Driving past the stands,
Seeing the prep for the new day.
Hearing the chatter of the carny folk.

I dream the prizes,
See the secrets,
Know the truth for ten minutes.

Waking, forgetting, yet feeling.

Still.

The Lost

A feeling of remorse,
A feeling of satisfaction,
A feeling of dizzying triumph.

An insight into another mind,
An encompassing silence,
An unknown love, glowing like the sun.

The first cry of freedom,
The glory of independence,
The realization of infinite abilities.

New ambition,
New determination,
New drugs to make the voices stop.

Blue Haze

When the sun is just a bobbing white cork
Seen through a liquid glass, there is time
To remember the red tricycle that
You rode across the yard endlessly.

Now in quite stillness your thoughts glide
Back to Saturday morning cartoons and
The popcorn in oil cooked on the stove top
For the movies on later that night.

"My mother is a fish," whispers your
Long-finned escort as you drop slowly,
Slowly to the hidden beach, the lonely resort
Decorated with conch and moving stars.

You pedal and remember the heat from those
Dog Days and how the cows would be so still,
Frozen in place on the pastures at times,
Locked in a painter's gaze, then you see her face.

Spam Friends as Art - part 1

Un Believable, Twana Precious,
Felisa Telma, Earleen Blanche,
Angelica Melodi-Why People Like Fake Watches? because it's Cheap $186+-only and
99.99% Similar to Original.

Patricia Gertrude, Mee Avril, Angelita Salena,
Afua Adlam, Nisha Marla, Ling Mollie, Aurore Ena,
Reita Pearly, Georgann Krystyna, Neva Trent,
Paul Erika, Wynona Dominique, Jesse Queen,
Cheryle Joy, Ping Kristian,
Lacey Adkins-Hello! Here is Mia. Wanna date?

Nannette Giselle, Scott Sherilyn, Karen Tiffaney,
January Camellia, Xochitl Bethanie, Corinne Gail,
Margarett Sebrina, Vania Chara, Piper Amparo, Jaime Christina,
Georgiann Jona, Berna Dahlia,
Brent Austin, Asuncion Edna, Lavonna Kiara,
Karey Abbie, Lavenia Lannie, Tesha Lidia, Ona Holli,
Brent Sneed-Intercourse, Ebonie Epifania,
Norine Raina.

Liars and Tangents and Bores---Oh My!

Ilsa is hungry and cold.
Grey Carpathian clouds bathe her and whisper,
"You do not matter,"
As Kanye West blares out on the village square.

Instant communication and isolation,
Powers merging capital lost within concrete spires.
The beauty of the lone dove abstracted
Into charity black holes worthy of Sagan.

Gorged on hormones and certified nutrients,
Western Saviors worry that Wal-Mart will
Begin to charge for plastic shopping bags, content
That moral compasses are available on E-Bay.

Zombies attack giant plasma screens in surround sound,
American Idol smothers remaining conscience sparks.
Ilsa doesn't return home, her rigid empty body
Prone on the dirty Balkan street, forgotten, unGoogled.

The Bermuda Depths

We find each other,
Deep in the blue waters.
Called away by adulthood,
We return once more, at last.

The stars glow so dreamily
As we surf on turtle back-
The blonde scientist son,
The brunette mermaid beauty.

Listen to call of the ocean,
See all the wonder in waves,
Hear homing call of devotion,
Feel true love's heartbeat,

Again, again, again, again.