by phillipw | Dec 14, 2019 | SA, WI
The Savagery of Human Hearts The savagery of human hearts is best When violence is banned. The pressure swells As in an autoclave when love is pressed. A pressure cooker squeezes charging cells Erupting from the vessels in our chests. Erythrocytes and leukocytes,...
by phillipw | Dec 14, 2019 | CH, FR, ST
Foggy I loved you once because you were a ghost, Or I was—who cares which? You did not scare Me, yet I frightened you. At least I boast Within my ribcage that the spectral flare Of whispering love produced subconcscious fear In your left lung—fear...
by phillipw | Dec 14, 2019 | FR, JO
Poor Prince Ionathan “and wept with one another, until David exceeded” — I Sam. 20:41 The frail leaf pages open to my touch; Another century opens to my eye. I wish the sentiments were just as much In favor now as they were...
by phillipw | Dec 14, 2019 | CA
Nimmy A cat has ways of lying that dogs can Never match. Cats catch a wink just about Anywhere—on a chair; beside the man Whom they’ve converted from dawg-loving doubt; In front of banks of books that they don’t care To notice. The...
by phillipw | Dec 14, 2019 | DA
Letter to Gurdjieff I’m sorry. Daydreaming is good. In fact, It is the most important part, the nth Of self-awareness. Dreaming’s not the bract Of consciousness, but the root; not the plinth Invented for the brain- and heart-filled bust...
