truth

1.  Blue-glazed Eyes.

"Your eyes are beautiful,"
I said to her,
And took her by the throat.
Silk skin, pillow flesh,
Sugarplum skirt.

Precious pumps,
Clatter to corners,

Baby
Baby
Baby.

And I took her by the throat.

Wash my hands,
Look at her,
A long, long time.
She, splattered ‘cross the bed.

Her eyes are very beautiful.

2.  Once A Glass of Warm Milk.

Spilt milky skin
Slow ‘cross the boards
Warm milk,
in steam disappears.

The shoes that tread these planks
Spilling old words.
The clatter of special shoes
Dresses for occasions
Filled the room ahead.

Remember the face
After the show.
Not the circle of
Moonlight milk,
Glimmering like a manuscript
Scattered o’er the stage.

After the show,
Didn’t see me for the moons in her eyes.

Didn’t see her for the knife in my hand.
Softly pierced the glass,

Spilled warm milk
Cooling on the boards
She once tread.

3.  The Jeweler.

Hummingbirds have jewelled wings.
Hummingbirds drink flower juice.

I’ve a pair of jewelled things
I’ve a bottle of living nectar.

There’s a pair of girl’s earrings
Hanging on the wall.
There’s a pair of earring-piercings
Fresh inside her thighs.

4.  Pedagogical Error.

Brother,
Little brother,
Sammy Boy,
Ice cream fallen on the ground.

Tears pool soft in Sammy Boy’s eyes,
Someone takes Sammy’s sticky hand.

"What a mess, buddy!"

Someone takes Sammy Boy’s
Little neck,
Steals Sammy southbound
In a vanilla Camaro.

Sammy’s ice cream pools on the walk,
Strawberry blood pools in the seat.