the.rooster

sun rises

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phone crashes










                           late for work.

sunday finest

there was an old lady ; moved into a shoe
             old lady loved it ; friends did too
happy all week ; nicest shoe in the town
                 crushed by a foot ; sunday came 'round

siphon ----------===

she told him

use a siphon ----------===

siphon the beer

            he used a (-) hyphen

            he siphoned the beer

at the base of the beer

after the siphon ----------===

only bananas

there is no beer

in india

in india,
there were elephants
we were there

in india,
something happened
we were there

we were in india

analog digital

up    down    up    down    up    down   up    down

ACK




up down up down up down        up down   up      down     up     down    up    down

ACK




up    down    up    down    up

NACK

she bled fromtheeyes

she bled fromtheeyes

  "parking," she spoke (to me) gently

it takes a while
standing in line
waiting  waiting
all of the while

she bled fromtheeyes

/signal

there were cops
           can't stop
           can't stop
           can't stop
           nice  cop

she was red , illuminated

last night there was a noise

"Buzz."

What?

"Buzz," she said.





                                   "'Buzz,' she said," he said.

.they happened in egypt

without it she cannot darkness entraps He ran away briskly 
into the briskly night briskly, but briskly without a fear 
of the river.  without it she cannot darkness lies awake at 
night wondering 'who really egypt?' but CIA covers it up.  
without it she cannot darkness insipid flowers scorpions 
sting insipid flowers bite crudely; marking their territory 
boorishly.  without it she cannot darkness tries to remember 
the dream wasn't there just a dream? tries to remember the 
dream cannot darkness remember the dream too much light.  
without it she cannot darkness attempts to recall on the edge 
of recall edge of cliff edge of disaster edge of sword edge 
of Trying to recall he squinted trying to recall the darkness 
about egypt trying to recall. without it she cannot darkness.
   "Did I tell you about Egypt?"  He tried to remember, but 
the light hurt his eyes; he had trouble focusing.  He sipped 
his coffee but did not laugh.
   "Did I tell you about Egypt?"

...and also russia

                                  denigrated memories
all that remain









(and also russia).

she said so [overtly]

it is not a hat
       certainly not.

does it match umbrella?
      certainly not.

makes one punctual;
     certainly not.

denigrating my good name!
    certainly not.

quite so, not a hat
   certainly not.

but one must dream.
  certainly    .

dog ate it (in spite):
 nightcap.

banal nightcap.

f/ she signifies aperture

as the opening
allowing light
refracted lens
abscond within
a paragon film
cooly captured


           if only there were
           a camera which may
           capture the sights
           inside inert brain
          

                          sleep not captured
                          photographically
                          wet emulsion
                          holds no
                          form

and snow

I had

THE SWORD OF JESUS CHRIST

with    which    to    destroy
my                        foes



           peak
        the    of
 Grabbed         the
I                   mountain

          and
          it
          c
          r
          u
          m
          b
          l
          e
          d

in my unworthy hands

nine,ten,neversleepagain

  it's
    on
   the
   tip
    of
    my
tongue

so
close
to
the top

       of
       my
       memory

% vis-a-[vision]

it was enchanting
       enthralling
       enlightening
it was confusing
       converting
       confounding


?
      but
      what
          was
          it
                  !

last*night

vivid premonition
 nighttime vision
woke up
remembered it

     .

     .

     .

     .

   forgot

no;vacanc-y

last night
          i slept
                 and remember:
          nothing
tomorrow
        i sleep
               to remember:
        nothing

photon photon (photon)

there was something there
when the lights came on
it went away;
when the lights came on




/on came the lights when/

[ s o m e n i g h t l i k e t o n i g h t ]

dark

asleep

nothingness

spurned awake

the water: tepid

him disturbed

nothingness

asleep

dark

sofaraway

last night he dreamed of nothing
             peace



she, last night, dreamed of him
             anger