Lovers

Smooth lips concupiscent curves Nestled within an inner body Musky tingle of electric nerves As forked fingers shear scalps By Patrick Mackeown http://www.bookscape.co.uk/poems/index.php

Hounslow of the Dead

Hounslow. For the dead.

not tired enough

My dinner was two peanut butter sandwiches

an apology to myself

i told the devil a long time ago that i would never allow him to jade me, harden me, or make me contemptuous. but this is what i've become, and for that, i am sorry.... to myself.
Cherry

Two Russian Sonnets

One is about my father, one is about my mother

Nervous breakdown (not mine)

My mother had a nervous breakdown trying to fit round tomatoes into square sandwiches

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