the tongue

is it wrong to still love
gene simmons

at the ripe age

of

35

(a friend wants to know)

empty spaces

i like empty spaces because
they swell within the realm
of possibility

i think

that is why i like the desert so much
feel
kind of fuller there

like anything is possible
and yet so calm

i love the empty streets
just after a rain has come

or when you walk home real late
and it is like everyone

evaporated

i love my empty bed
just after the sheets are washed

because it is so cold
and so warm with memory

a kind of show-down
between dream

and something other than

reality

candy floss

i have this thing
for candy floss

and it just ain't

going away

spinning

still feeling like
the world is spinning
faster than
i can hold on to

flying saucers

i have a fascination
with both

hubcaps and flying saucers

not moving in unison
but wait

maybe that would be nice and
come to mention it

i can't help thinking about
mashed potatoes either

when i am in their company

gum party

did you ever eat, like, 5 packs of gum
piece by piece

until the flavor ran out of each
and every piece

and did it make you feel, well

kind of dirty

no?

me either

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