KNOWLEDGE

It is poetry
That opens understanding
Door ajar
To the treasure room

VIEW

I see a seraphim
Sleeping on the bed
And I am happy.

DECEPTION

I see the clouds
Traveling happy
Silent symbols of you
Delusion is
On the other face
Of the planet
With an eye infection
And I see the sky
And I am comfortable
Controversial delete

CROWNS ON THE OCEAN

Islands
Icons in my front porch
Morning visions
Of health
Now
Chevron Texaco
Stalking you
Like a
Rich tycoon
Seducing you
Beautiful handmaidens
Of mamá earth.

DAMAGE

So much brutality
Of the spirit
The mind dictates
The wants of the body
Such farce
Avarice revamped
The intellect is
The stepbrother
Of the soul.

BORDER WAIT

I brake
The side view mirror
The car
Invading my lane
Comes to a stop.

TALK

Slander
From a friend
More painful
Than a 3rd degree burn

My LA cousin, Adrien, chants:


PEACE

The only peace
I see
Is when
You take
Your piece
And put it
To someone’s head.

AN UNCONSCIOUS MAN

I saw him
Being lifted
Unto a stretcher
And the paramedics
Dropped his heavy
And flaccid body
On the pavement
They pick him
Up again
A policeman
Asked me to leave
I did
Every time I drive by
That highway
I look out my window
And see his blood
On the groves
Of the road.