Dean Strom

abject nowarya

TOMORROW IS
nibbling me
 
plump;;;
 
around the edges
Saint(hood)ed
cloven;saucer of broth a
Kaddish carousel of
full creamed...              

SAVORING
 
 MARTHASTEWART-LIKEnesses
on the ELIOT
calf thigh
musc:le W/
 
::garnish::
 
;
 
clearly DETECTIVE
breeze withhissleeves
and thinner hands
than a manshould have
pretends to be
a kind of poet::the aqualine nose
has a bead of sweat
rolling toward a ski byss = questions
NONE toosatisfactorily bythelooksofhis
ROUNDstupid
cheeky NESS
answered
 
Factually Accurate
on the tightrope of truth
but deceptive
nonetheless
 
;

TOMORROW
licks the nape of my neck
And sets me aside for...
 
           ::cherry::
 
      and
THE SUN SHINES
       0
rOUND and sURE
 

Feverishly Dancers
      EAT
Pig n A pple Pine
 

l o  n   g   i    ng  l        y
 
SPLash HOT Coals
finger   WINE, Face tradewinds
slap waterDrops
 
OUTOFTHESEA**  MERMAIDS
 
with legs to part with
 
 legs to part
 
 
 
legs

;

surely CLAMORING
is meant to be LIFEpreserving
and OVERconfidence too
=
a better FAULT
than
TIMIDITY

to theINvestIgainshunned the spoils fished
YESTERDAYforgot
 
DETECTIVEs leeves inhis UP
standing way of needing more
and : more
and more
 
A sigh
Relief
 
Of
 
if.
 
As farastheOfficial
can toss a line  to safety
 
swim
 
AWAY

;

TOMORROW has no place to be
pinches me

Releases

Arthur Strom

•Bloog Mandrake