Vanilla bean and bright cleaning products
Acid scorch hood of the sedan
Flatline sparring partner
Prepare for night-silent tyranny of longing
Temple desecrated
Mosque demolished
Forget the little holy sites
House emptied of cats and mangoes
Song and dance of morons on tightropes
Pangs overripe for genies in bottles
Tinted orange specs
Cracked at 6 a.m.
hand it over, the man said, donned scuba mask
give it here, she mouthed through the ball gag
I'll take it, crocodile against glass, lion agro
check out the new meat, the fresh blood, the spider
it's brewing, a storm, churning, like ice-salt in a barrel
I hit the mat, then the ropes, while machines wail
evermore, the guitar, escalator underground
dreaming gabardine suit, crosstop necktie, train risen
don't stop for just anyone, espresso pulled, a five spot
gimme the goods, the creature snarls, from celluloid
comb back, button up, unzip me please, Broadway
over the coals, he confides, that's what they do to us
never saw it coming, at gunpoint, electric chair, taxes
behind bars, down below, a desert isle, the pit of hell
it simply became increasingly difficult
gasping for breath from day to day
hot for a change at Golden Gardens
the fire pit roasting aria of schooners
on the southern side of the street
cool air-conditioned poison lounge at Golden City
Dragon Lady sloshing around the navel
painted on the smoke a riverboat jamboree
juke wailing Dance with me twirl
a girl around pinky cowboy muzzle
fireworks define fatherhood of nations
slaughtering daily blessings at breakfast
dreams at a premium, bowl cracked hibiscus
blue with need she's emergent from liquid forest
licking wounds, lost but for the stripes
impaled upon handheld bayonets
zebra in medical scrubs
sparks descend from on high
progeny of stars
for the traffic lights and aluminum
squeal of insecticide
Jay Passer's work has appeared in print and online for 24 years. Themes of anarchy, delirium, antiestablishment ethos and bawdy street survival all cast lots in the spectrum of his vision. A new chapbook, At the End of the Street, from Corrupt Press, is due out in late 2012, while Only Human By Definition, his most recent collection, is currently available from Crisis Chronicles Press.
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