at last

by bofa xesjum

billy the kid played to false gods until the brag suddenly appeared out of the lowlands but the butterflies laughed at his fake necktie all my so clever friends hid their notebooks when they got on the train but their corruscated youthfulness was colored irredeemably by their imploring eyelashes nevertheless the mountebanks disbursed the new schedule of pity after the brouhaha of the cancellation as the crowds drifted away this is my burst offer the chancellor reprated repeatedly as the machinery threatened to break down if its hyenaish defenestrations were not properly countenanced it went on like this for a long time until sam littleton had seen enough and the justice of the peace hauled the locksmith away in the grand scheme of last and lost things

i too

by anonymous

osiris, i too am a god gilgameh, i too am a king tutankhamen, i too am a pharoah cleopatra, i too am a queen sappho, i too am a poet plato, i too am as a philosopher confucius, i too am a sage alexander, i too am a conqueror john, i too have revelations st francis, i too love the birds genghis, i too ride the wind galileo, i too study the sky leonatdo, i too am an artist michaelangelo, i too pierce the sky tintoretto, i too walk in the clouds shakespeare and marowe, i too am a poet columbus, i too am an explorer moctezuma, i too am a king newton, i too study the stars john dee, i too am a magician rousseau, i too love nature byron and shelley, i too believe in freedom rimbaud and verlaine, i too am a poet emily dickinson, i too am a poet van gogh, i too am an artist gauguin, i too am a natural man nietzsche., i too am mad lenin, i too love the revolution mao, i too love the people sylvia plath, i too am a poet jack kerouac, i too am a poet h p lovecraft, i too am a dreamer elon musk, i too am the darkness coming over the hills donald trump, i too am the end of the world

johnny

by nick nelson

johnny johnny cool johnny dark johnny mexico johnny tokyo johnny hong kong johnny rebel johnny mars johnny diamond johnny silver johnny everywhere johnny forever don’t you wish your name was johnny? maybe it is. lucky you johnny lucky unless you are just pretending but everybody pretends you either get away with it or you don’t anyway, johnny or whoever you may be have a good day and think good thoughts like what a cool world it would be if everybody in it was named johnny johnny !

hoppy

by dog e relaford

i never been to paris i never been to rome i never been but about a mile down the road from home a mule painted a picture a cat sang a song let me tell my story it won’t take long hoppy was a dinosaur who roamed the neighborhood they said i couldn’t take him down but i got him good the mayor gave a party to celebrate my feat the angel gabriel and his band gave the folks a treat a reporter from the city came and took my picture if you don’t believe me you can read it in the scriptures salome and her seven veils danced the night away and when the smoke and dust were gone it was just another day

three more

by nick nelson

alpha banana curious delta eggplant fainting gorilla * heavy indigo jolly kinetic llamas many nervous owls * ponderous quasars refractory suns today undervalued whales *

three

by nick nelson

trained deadly assassin buy one get one free * after all bouncing coordinated effort predators holiday * cantaloupe bargains dehydrated trampolines sadly neglected commisserators *

willie's party

by nick nelson

willie had a party he had it in his room it started too late and ended too soon he tried before with the best intentions with not many successes and a few honorable mentions deep in the darkness on the other side of town derek had a party too and it went down the nicest people came from miles around and had fun by the ounce and laughter by the pound the police showed up and so did the mayor a good time was had by all with no naysayers at willie’s party it started to rain everybody left but might come again red orange yellow purple green blue willie has a problem but will see it through