"Words"

 

words are nothing but a freaky sea

of fuzzy worn apologies and

wood and woolen galaxies

words are hoary yellow belly music

that stick like mohair in the throat

words are gory geysers

of frantic yearning circle gossip

futile future wheels

that shine like surfboard wax

words hammer at the hunchback

overwhelm the willing

frustrate nighttime genius

and terrify the weary

words are gifts and tip offs

Italian aphrodisiac

a river to the gonads

they send jitters to the mustang

words tattoo books with frozen vision

words are bloody to the warmonger

confessions to the sheriff

roses for the lover

or virulent mistakes

words are gospel to the mutton head

overwrite the mountain tops

gather moss when carved in clay

words are fugatives like gamma rays

nesting gingerly with sonic power

a war dance with an ivory knife

or a garnish to telepathy

words are funky streaking novelties

horses of infinity

iron bells of apocolypse

golden legs of dancing dreams

olive vines of growing notions

words grow like lawns in dictionaries

in minds of poets they flourish like prairies

but are strongest as Nevada crabs

words are garbled gabbled geezers

frowing shadows wise as oysters

words are the native goblins of statutory rape

words are time bombs locks and varnish

nude gelatine art worbles

words are like the tedious fish

the dog catches and then eats