read these last night at big blue marble books (first two aren't mine. found them on a wall in a john in the gallery next door to CBGB [CB's 313 gallery] back in the '90s):

we're all
in this
alone

wherever you are
you're on top
of the world

4 BEARS

tree bears bloom
bloom bears fruit
fruit bears seed
seed bears tree
4/91

bak in flu season
i hrd
newscastr say
½ folk caught flu
not vaccin8ed....

w8 a sec....
don' d@ mean
½ folk caught flu
did get vaccin8ed...?
3/04

some folk say "you are what you eat"
& there's something to be said
for that point of view
but when chips are down
in this material world
what you are is
what you do
5/90

NECESSITY V. JUST WAR

when war necessary
no other justification
needed

when not necessary
nothing else can
justify it
10/04

when you
feel low
like a victim
whole world out to get you
eat the flesh right off your bone
just remember
even carnivores
are made
of meat
2/92

each new day makes
one less left &
each day left worth
that much more than
the one before

love & hate both take time
the less spent on hate
the more left for love
02/94