by phillipw | Jan 5, 2020 | PH
…..They’re Everywhere They’re everywhere: in front of holy sites Like altars in cathedrals, or in front Of foreign monuments, the flashing lights Of Nikons, especially an affront When notices in several tongues fixed on The wall forbid the use of...
by phillipw | Jan 5, 2020 | MT
M-theory I don’t believe in hell. In fact I think That if a place of retribution such As Dante conjured, filled with sulfurous stink And acid heat and flaming cold too much To bear exists, the place it occupies Throbs through some parallel, pained...
by phillipw | Jan 5, 2020 | AB
Viagra I want to be an abacá plant, not Because the carnal flower is lovely with Its central petals clasped there in the hot, Damp air to form a crushed white velvet pith As elegant as lychee flesh, nor yet Because this sexy glans is lacily...
by phillipw | Jan 5, 2020 | FU, SE
Self Definition, not the Usual— Opposition to Nostalgia Scito te ipsum I choose to think about my future self Instead of how it was when I was young. My personhood is not on childhood’s shelf, Nor is my personality the rung That I was...
by phillipw | Jan 5, 2020 | LO
Who Wants the Love of a Metallic Man? ……. Who wants the love of a metallic man? We all do. We desire a lover who Will offer us affection like the span Created by suspension bridges—true Devotion made of stainless steel and bolts— And...
