Whose Open Mouth
Whose open-mouth kiss
Is swallowing
This child's lies.
Danny has taught his nephew Eric …
… For Eric … to lie to his father, William McBain.
Danny of course
As soft as creamery butter
As brutal as a leather punch.
Danny is rarely without his leather
Punch.
So perfect for making holes.
The Cold Decision
Ego is a water slide that promises
Cold decisions
Forever
Your books under your arm, you
Advise, suggest, and counsel
Me
On the impeccable wisdom
Of the Greeks
I loosen my tie and poor myself
A cheap Scotch
I turn away from you
Momentarily to scratch my crotch.
Even though you did not
Admonish me in front
… In front of the others …
Your belt is
Itching for another notch.
You watch me as I pendulum around
The room.
As you eat your yogurt
So creamy
I offer you my job
And my company car.
Poem. K.
The lather, or rather the thick gummy vomit, lurching from his mouth like spiders.
Yes, he is now newly dead.
John Kennedy went a different way.
Remind me who John Kennedy was.
Oh, he was part of a famous American family, his father it has been suggested was a bootlegger.
His older brother was shot down during a European war, that is when father Joseph told his second in line John that he would run for President.
Of the United States?
Yes, the United States
Wow
So you are saying that this John- guy was President of the US.
Yes.
So why haven't I ever heard of him?
That I could not tell you…