Pan(ic)

Turning destructive thoughts into creative ideas on a Sunday afternoon

Self Made Man

Self Made Man

Reluctant Fighter

Raging Bull: Tired of Fighting

To Laura

I emerge
ink-stained and bleeding
still reeling
from electric humdrum.

"Good, clean mechanical fun!"

A bambo-block beating
leaves a fleshy palette
of yellow and blue, every hue
between green and black.

I emerge
with fistfuls of puss-soaked cotton
and a scroll of stretched skin,
bearing her initials
and memory there-in.

Settling the Gender Differences or, Why Boys and Girls Really Are So Different

1) Girls like lying in wide open spaces, boys prefer looking at small, narrow faces

2) Girls like to collect cats' whiskers, boys prefer to keep their blisters

3) Girls like circus fleas, boys prefer racing bees

4) Girls like planting worms, boys prefer turning over urns

5) Girls like to play 'Hide-and-Seek', boys prefer to dress like Little Bo Peep!