The poles will melt, waters raise tides, Planes will fall, planets collide. The house of the future is the shtetl of the past. A military coup settles the presidential caste. Face it: Facts aren’t sexy. Gossip clogs The Blogs, bleeding network slugs of static logs. Reporters yawn, how wide … More Nostradamus 2016
Searcy Dog Killers In woods of southern Searcy Terrorists are gunning for dogs. Mongrels, border collies, huskies, Malamutes, pugs, guidedogs, Pointers, Airedale Terriers, Pit bulls, hybrids, sheepdogs, Greyhounds, golden retrievers, English mastiffs, French bulldogs. Their entrails were left to rot … More Searcy Dog Killers
Dr. Niginsky (1974) 89 Min. Sergio Garrone directs Klaus Kinski in this Italian horror film with its deliberately misspelled title [aka, “La mano che nutre la morte,” aka, “The Hand That Feeds the Dead,” aka “Evil Force”]. Every time Kinski bites into a dolcetto, his hair frizzles brighter red and his nails and teeth grow. … More Dr. Niginsky
[Silent Night / Chet Baker & Christpher Mason] Ghosts at Christmas My grandmother will not go away. Years ago, she waited for the weekly Visit my mother and I would make After work. On the wall over her bed Hung a reproduction of “Blue Boy,” The one tactless possession that she kept As the room … More Ghosts at Christmas
Assumptions Before the Feast Discourse. Cursive strikes Negative syllogisms From parallel worlds. Continuous rain Stains the dark with salty light. Beaded curtains chill. Power bristles quills Like a porcupine snubbed for Resembling a skunk. Empire comes, then goes. People cease to believe in The State and join tribes. The Black Sea trades subs … More Assumptions Before the Feast
The Black Garbo Nina Mae Back light turn you white And white’s way too tight. Nina Mae Whites don’t like color. Or sharing their power. Nina Mae Slay that “Dinah “ And steal Hallelujah! Call Harlem Seven-Seven-Eleven. See who still playin’ the dozens. Stereotype, all cotton is craps. Break to … More The Black Garbo
