Rocktober the 4th

October came forth with all sateity,
Ignoring the call for a newborn deity.
An unmade month to a faded king
An eight that is ten is an awkward thing

October the fourth enjoins our sobriety
Ignore it with zeal for the good of society,
A call to you world by all the seas girt
To put on this day, your finest Rock shirt.

Fung’s Kitchen

You are there at:
7320 S.W. FWY., Suite 115 Houston, TX
and your banquet is to die for:

Crabmeat Soup Asparagus
Crispy Duck Roll & Salt Toasted Squid
Walnut Scallop in Bird’s Nest
Sizzling Beef Steak
Chinese Fried Chicken
Snow Pea Leaves with Crabmeat Sauce
Orange Ribs
Seasonal Vegetable with Mushroom
Mango Pudding

Your offerings keep soul and body together.

Fung's Kitchen!
Fung's Kitchen!
Fung's Kitchen!

THE HOT DOG

Oh, hot dog, you repulse
me with your alleged meat!

The ineluctable greasyness,
that sheen of rancid oilyness
when you are fried at home.

The watery-pink nothingness
the lumpy tastless gristleness
when you are steamed away.

I will not sample your delights
Again, for they are as false
As a politician’s promise.

Good Night.

ONE WORD

"One Word" takes two words to write.
And seven words to write the last sentence.
And eight words to write the last sentence.
And eight words to write the last sentence.
And eight words to write the last sentence.

And seven words to finish this cycle.
What are them blurred lemons,man?

Plastic Surgery Network*

I read your persuasive blurb
on the the world wide web.

“Everybody has something about themselves
that they don’t like.
Whether it’s their profile, their body shape
Or their chest size.
Some people accept what they have
grudingly,
While others strive to be the best
person they can be.
If you will not accept,
looking second-best,
You might be the perfect person
for plastic surgery.”

Whenever I am in the state
of Washington,
Or perhaps just a state of
low self esteem.

I will call on you with
Your liposuction deal of
only $1999.

Plastic Surgery Network.

Plastic Surgery Network!
Plastic Surgery Network!

PLAS–TIC SUR-GER-REE NETT-WORK!!


*Please note that I am in no way affiliated with this business which is located on the continental United States. Plastic surgery should only be considered by people who want it, have the funds to afford it and perhaps are looking to be part of a television show like Extreme Makeover or I Want A Famous Face.

Wood & Bone

Wood and bone keys on the old 88,
sprung and wired like a
skeletal Underwood.

One machine writes
On bond and bank
Before and back
It’s wordings are historical.

One machine plays
Songs for the troops
Your Nan and Pop
The music sounds empirical.

Bang on the keys on the old 88,
dusts and shudders like a
skeleton under wood.

Stem Winder


The twist of the knob,
the spring winds tight,
the ribbon loosens
until it is light.

A second ticks by,
A second ticks by,
A second ticks by,

Stem Winder.

The time is precise,
the spring runs true.
The moment loosens
without the glue.

A second ticks by,
A second ticks by,
A second ticks by,

Stem Winder.

Milk As Metaphor

The milk straight from the KELVINATOR
was as cool as the William Carlos Williams plums of
my 1980s youth.

Those were years of turbulence as I drove to
learn in a concrete bunker in my Ford Maddox Ford.

I scratched my disappointment in the dirt.

Milk as cold as night.
Milk as cold as the Liberal Party.
Milk as cold as poison from a man-made glass nipple.

I lie on the couch and give that Freudian another
$200 that I borrowed from my mother.

Harmonic Convergence - When?


The divergence of my wants
from the convergence of your needs
co-incides with our recent friction.

The divergence of our plans
for the convergence of our knees
co-incides with this present fiction.



Photo: Winston Churchill in a reflective moment.