King of the Road

naked as death
begging on the highway

I calibrate the instrument
of my... more

I often confuse the dead horses
for trees. I say things like termites

care about the weather, or dark stars
will... more

Carrot Flowers

We are toward somewhere in the first sentence. There is June & us or us or June... more

Neck Tattoo

Your neck tattoo spoke to me but I needed a
translator. Needed a nail gun, a barn wall... more

real / unreal

last night i had a dream         
            that my teeth fell
out all in a... more

Vapor of Breath

All hail Michigan Dogman. All
slobber and standing seven feet
tall, Michigan Dogman... more

the babies are most dangerous because
            they have not learned how to control their... more

i am your man

tall stranger man
you have sung a lot of songs 
you fall in love often
and... more

Curse the sun, you lonely king 
of ash, of husks & of ruin. Howl 
at the encroaching flood 

I have torn up the boy whose baseball
You are signing again.
He was beautiful,
As you are, Brooks Robinson,
As you lean your name back, a... more

It's their first practice in good spring weather,
not only not raining, not cold, but full of light.

good game
good game
good game

Blessed be the millwrights on the open hearth that awaited him; the nurses and elevator operators; secretaries; plumbers; electricians

The solitude. In the summer, I dine. On hot dogs. And fast balls. Go Dodgers!

The spring we didn’t make love,
I started following baseball—

radio on the kitchen table,
me in that old night... more

I joined the crowd and bought an XL.

1. What company made the gum drops called Fancy Nancies after the famous Beantown slugger duo?  

And everyone in section ten is standing

Everyone was welcome. No one was cut 
in this league.

I practically worship, use
to fill an empty life.

Evan, in a cheap hotel room...

"Whipped" and "Kansas"

We are fifteen as haev no idea
what our bodies can do...

In the dark before sleep...

get a tattoo of a horse
because you feel good about yourself