the knife
doth cut the
belly of
the apple
the blather come
from
center like
wormgut
2 fingers
swell w/
letters
there are typos every
where
within the narrow
spaces
we talk to each other
& each one
listens
to it
self
the knife cut thru
the skin
& another head
drop like
apple
like the lesson gravity
teaches
us
still
we are firmly planted here
in outer
space
hung up here in outer
space
the worms we are still
conquering
holes
created by the worms
we
are
she should be growing roses
rather than wearing them
on her
flesh
letters circled in a game
form
wonder
words
scrambled
rhymes
oranges
hot on the top
cold on the bot
tom
grams of
fields
of......................
...........spaghetti strength
but we CAN do
something
about
the
future.
in almost tandem
in almost opposition
in state of come-union
in state of endearment
in a body marked fragile
&
fragile body
what of life remains
when even one has god in his pocket
there is no jericho
twin jerichos
1000's of jerichos
clear water
murky water
water within colored glass
the world of the coward
the world of the hustler
the poet
the craftsman
the gangsta
the conman
the petty thief ( the fink the crafty con )
the singer speaks for the first time
the speaker sings
( trans port a tion )
sort of the low end of high society
water trapped behind colored glass
the sky falling
like an aging museum
like an undressed whore
with shortness of breath
the future marching ahead
tho the natural flow
is backward
Steven Dalachinsky was born in Brooklyn, New York sometime after the last Big War and before lots of useless little wars...he has been writing poetry since before then and has always...he is basically self-taught...his great loves and influences are the Beats, Blake, Kafka, Camus, Harpo, surreal and abstract painting and music......especially jazz and so-called "Avante Guarde" or "FREE" jazz. Two key elements in his poetry are spontaneity and the idea of transformation rather than description with a preference toward non-linear, non-narrative though. He resides in Manhattan where he has lived for the past 30 years.