Sunday, May 22, 2011

the tv never gets
turned on posters
hang on drywall
underground no
window dreams
about windsurfing

permutations on ceres park


this is a very nice home
for fish
besides the traffic noise
great shade from
green plants

this is a very nice poem
for wish
besides the spastic boy
a very nice poem
great shade thumb
weed plants

bliss is a very nice comb
for happiness
besides the traffic noise
a very nice home
clean thumbs
for happiness

bliss is the hurried comb
happy noise
besides joy
for clean thumbs
"Yes, men! men! and there was no more poison left. He picked up the cash-box and showed them it's black emptiness "You're free!""
-John the Savage in Brave New World

"No, women! women! and there was plenty more freedom left. She picked up the poverty-box and withheld from them it's white fullness "You're poisoned!""

watching the wealth channel while drunk

why
not
own a million dollar yacht
because your dog will take a
shit
on the floor

why
not
buy something
to prevent
the
mess


last night I had a dream...(9)

last night I had a dream that there was a curse in the doorway
If my body wasn’t symmetrical or entered at the wrong time
Something terrible would happen

last night I had a dream...(8)

last night I had a dream three hummingbirds got into my apartment
through an open window and I couldn’t get them out
I awoke in terror as one flew into my neck

last night I had a dream...(7)

last night I had a dream that Wiz Khalifa was to play a show in the front yard of Girard. His opening act was some kind of booty shake contest. My Dad was there and Wiz called him "Arnie" or some other nickname for Arnold Shwarzeneggar because he is tall. There were also gangsters and little kids in costumes.

I climbed a tree and walked out on a branch, but jumped off when I heard it begin to crack. After the opening act, I texted and called you, but you didn't answer. You texted back "I love you."

Then Wiz and his crew disappeared and I assumed they were smoking somewhere. I went looking for them inside of the house. I crouched and looked down the stairs, they weren't there. The little kids in costumes started fighting each other and their moms tried to break them up. A car stopped in the road but someone told it to keep going.

last night I had a dream...(6)

Last night I had a dream I was in a high school classroom with a young and beautiful stupid female teacher. A kid came into the room and said something to her. I couldn't hear what they were saying. Then she and he went out in the hallway and the class heard them yelling at each other.

"What did he say to her?" I asked.
"He told her this class is a Ponzi scheme," said a boy sitting next to me. He also told me that the kid had been having a rough couple of days and was found earlier with a plastic soda bottle in his mouth, root beer.
The teacher came back into the room and kept talking as the bell rang. The kids crowded around the door and as soon as the bravest kid left they all did.

flash forward

I am walking home from class through Campus Crossings and I hear someone playing guitar in an upstairs apartment. I climb the stairwell, walk inside, and it's my friend Mike.
"You wanna play the (name of guitar I can't remember)?" he asked.
"Yeah, but look, there's this crazy kid walking around there," I said. He was holding a gun and yelling. I tried to look at him without being seen. I thought about dialing 9-1-1, and then I did, but it was the wrong number.

The class was standing in a circle around the crazy kid. I was trying not to look at him and then I did. He saw me looking at him and said "Why is everyone looking at me!"

Then a big van pulled onto the grass and parked. It had large tires and was very heavy duty looking, like an ambulance. The words "Mental Health" were on the side of it. The people in the van got out, opened the door, and the kid got in, no problems. I don't know what happened to the gun.

last night I had a dream...(5)

last night I had a dream I was in the House of Blues, it wasn't the one in Showboat, but it was in a casino. I left the theater carrying two empty bottles wanting to gamble. I went down an elevator then outside. There were two people standing there.
"How do I get to the casino?" I asked them. They pointed me down a dark city street and told me I would have to walk through New Brunswick. I peered into the abyss. "Is it a long walk?" I asked and they said yes.
Then I went back inside and asked two girls how to get back to the Student Center. They knew the way and we got into the elevator.

last night I had a dream...(4)

last night I had a dream
I was sitting in a class
to the right of a fat lady
teacher with
her tit hanging out
she was twistin' that nipple
I was unsure whether anyone
 (besides me) noticed

Today during a completely unrelated incident...
I said   "That was like an alarm clock from hell."

last night I had a dream...(3)

last night I had a dream
I was in a bathtub
alongside a naked fat lady
and there was another fat lady, clothed
sitting on a chair, next to the tub
she wanted us to give her dog a bath

I dreamt this lying in a hammock at a secret campsite off of the Batona trail.

last night I had a dream...(2)

last night I had a dream that I was in a WaWa, or Heritage's, or something. I was with someone (I can't remember who) and I wasn't planning on buying anything, then I got really hungry. I leaned on the counter of the deli.
"I'm starving," I said to the deli worker. "I want a sandwich."
"What do you want on it?" he asked.
I knew I wanted roast beef and I think I told him that. He started saying something and I said "Make it how you would like it. Make it good," and he made it. I paid with my Rowan card and the cashier started to give me fifteen dollars in change.
"Here's ten," he said handing me the money. I took it. "Just one second and I'll give you the five," he said.
"Does he still have my Rowan card?" I thought to myself feeling it in my pocket, no. As he was handing me the five I gave the person I was with an "Is this guy serious?" look.
"Wait, didn't I pay with Rowan card, why are you giving me this?" I asked.
"You failed the test," he said.
"What do you mean? I just tried to give it back."
"It's too late. You took the money. You failed the test."
"So you test everyone who comes in here like this?" I asked. He nodded. "Don't you lose a lot of money?"
"No, most people pass the test," he said.

last night I had a dream... (1)

last night I had a dream
I got shot behind a grocery store
The bullet entered my body on
the right side, just above my hip
and exited on the left
I told the cops and they
brushed it off and didn't
call an ambulance
I watched the blood spurting out,
but then it stopped
The holes were small
I was all right
I didn't die
You and Ways To Make A Woman Fall In Love With You

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

brave new world

I won't answer
when you call me
because I am nervous
without my coffee

I dream of soma
and how it's alarming
because I'm an Alpha
and how I'm charming

I'd make a perfect loser
with my stupid body
but I can do better
thanks to Aldous Huxley