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THE TINY TRIAGE EXAM ROOMS

...I'M TRANSPORTED BY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION AMBULANCE I'M ALWAYS AFRAID SUFFERING SEVERE PANIC DISORDER I TRY AND FOCUS MY MIND HURT MY EYES ARE SWOLLEN PANTING PANIC ATTACKS AGAIN THE NURSES ARE KIND ...

tell her you saw me

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tell her you saw me ...

tell her I was out on the bluff at the Cape during a gale, much too close to the rocks … tell her the surf was tormenting the ledges, its roar far too loud for me to hear...

The Cry of Dolores

...A popular priest in 1810, Spanish rule he spoke against
those who had overthrown the Spanish Viceroy José de Iturrigaray
A speech calling upon the people to protect in angst
Their King Ferdina...

Across Country With Crystalsky

...Hello CRYSTALSKY*.                                                                                                                                

Thanks for consenting to watch over us.          ...

Tell Her You Saw Me

...Tell her you saw me ...

Tell her I was out on the bluff at the Cape
during a gale, much too close to the rocks.
Tell her the surf was tormenting the ledges,
its roar far too loud for me to hear...

According To Gump

...Ken Mattingly is mad
about being cut from the Apollo 13 crew -
now no one will see his zero-gravity backflip
until a later time, by then no one will care.
Tom Hank’s Luna capsule spins out of con...

Pictures At An Exhibition

...Pictures at an Exhibition

I recently saw the ghosts of beat poet visionaries
staring lonely, from pictures at an exhibition
Ginsburg, Corso, Snyder, Kerouac, and Cassady
the murderer’s row of t...

Flat Wall Experiment

...Plan A:
Build the wall high build it strong and thick.
Made of the strongest mortar and brick.
but leave the door open.
To vent evil out and keep goodness in.
I think the real problem exists.
W...

This Girl From Mexico City

...i met a sweet girl from mexico city
if she don't like me, oh well what a pitty
i'll just roll my face on the grass
oh boy did i fell for her ass
man, why can't i write something witty?...

Talus Championship

...HE READ WHAT WOULD BE CALLED THE 
"ROLL CALL OF CHAMPIONS"
THE COMPANY NAMES THAT COMPRISE
THE TALUS, AND THE SANCTIONING BODIES
THAT RECOGNIZED THE TALUS CHAMPION AS
THE PREMIER CHAMPION IN WRE...

Travel Plans

...Let's not saunter to Saturn this evening
Or amble across to the moon
If we ramble up there in a rocket
We won't get there any time soon

I'd rather we didn't dawdle to Denmark
Or dilly-dally ou...

Sept 21

...for Mexico City after earthquake, 1985

It's almost total dark tonight, before 
a moon in our Green Valley. No buildings
collapsed. I'm just walking my dog—

and I'm back there. Storefront spilling
s...

Prayer For the Priests of Mexico City

...Prayer for the Priests of Mexico City


July in the streets 
of Mexico City:
One of the women 
one never would marry.
One of the women one sees 
for an hour, for an evening.
Taco, tequila, 
...

Searching the Dark

...July 1983, another phone call after midnight, 
another long drive, your Shepherd-dog head 
in my lap. How many people got lost that summer!

Late March 1986, by flashlight on dirt paths 
of The ...

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