Wednesday, February 23, 2011

In Dreams


Perhaps I’ll be standing at the top of a life guard tower, shielding my eyes from the sun glittering off the waves.  Larger than life sea shells, starfish twinkling at the bottom of the turquoise clear water.

Perhaps I’ll sputter as chewed up sunflower husks fall from the ceiling, speckling my face.

Perhaps a lady made mostly of oblivious white hair will attack me with her strong arm, but Homer Simpson will save my life.

Perhaps I’ll stumble home at 4am and wash a bowl of uncooked rice, like I did that time someone gave me a pill.

Perhaps there will be a race with plump vampires climbing a steep wall, a vertical real life version of Frogger.

Perhaps I’ll lay frozen, a hunk of flesh, while the room is washed in television fuzz, as the room glares too white.

Perhaps a blackened lemon wedge will poison the world as it gets tossed from one unassuming salad to the next, with me following the acrid trail of destruction.

Perhaps I’ll have the world on dvd.  Play the same moment in a broken record sort of way until I can manage to squeeze through a fence, just barely escaping.

Perhaps a lady will stand at my feet clenching and unclenching her hands, like she’s gearing up to smack me.

Perhaps I’ll be standing at the sink when a girl, skimpy in her slinky gold bodysuit, will let her lush tits spill from the skin tight fabric and piss all over the floor, like the two boys did before her.

Perhaps tomorrow I’ll wake up with visions of skunks sweeping their tails to a choreographed showtune the way I did today.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

First Fridays


I’m standing at the fleshless claws of some long dead dinosaurs.
One a hulking array of bones cut short at the arms.
The other a stout skeleton under a tri-tipped crest.

I’ve got a heavy handed drink cut sparingly with cranberry. 
A sliver of lime pinched between fingertips.  My face feels the flush
A flutter of warmth to my bones.

There’s a dj in the African Mammal Room.  Way at the end of the hall,
The stuffed leather of a mother elephant stays rooted to her spot
While her babies in their own stiff stance lift their trunks to play.

Over in the Whale Room.  A loose crowd hangs back,
Watching a boy in yellow get down by himself.  And the whale
is hang drying from the ceiling, the oontz oontz of the dj vibrating
Each colossal bone.


Monday, January 31, 2011

Kim


You’re stone cold.
Yea, like a fox,
But that’s not how I mean it.

Behind you
a plane hangs
In frozen sepia skies.

You’re sporting wide bell bottoms
A black blouse
Tied together neat
with a gold buckled belt.

You link arms
With your best friend?
Judging from your face,
it could be a stranger.

Her dress hangs
Past her knees
Ripples of a frozen breeze
Dragging at the hem

I could say you were a statue
Stone smooth skin
With hair sculpted
A deep black bob

Behind you
in foreign sepia squares and circles
A sign forever bids you to return again.

You’re stone.
You are cold.
Your face reveals nothing.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Urban Adventures #2

New article written by yours truly at pedalmovement.com.  Go, read, and explore your world on your bike! 

Please enjoy all the content there and comment.  Feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Monday, January 24, 2011

PedalMovement.com

I just recently met with a group called Pedal Movement.  They began about 2 years ago and have started a bike co-op and have been trying to urge Long Beach to be more bike friendly.

I am starting as a writer for them and you can check out my first article by clicking on that link.  I'm very excited and plan to have more articles in the near future.  You should become a fan of PedalMovement on Facebook.  Check out the site and other bike-related and green-related articles and videos.