Category: Penman Lounge

  • Step Aside

    So which derivatives finally brought you Down to these placebo tract sprawl avenues Away from the cusp of excitement? There was no one to confirm your rapid Demise. Edited out, it was implied. In retrospect much reflection tastes of ashes. Some chose Buddhism it is floated Out in the cocktail talk. Wandering among Real trees,…

  • What Remains

    The sleeping mind arises. It reconstructs pictures into meaning. Flashing lines appear from the dark. I learned subtraction until I was full. Leaving the movie I drive off Into the screen where all The clowns died laughing, And so we go to The funeral of pregnant pauses. At this juncture I’ve forgotten More than I…

  • Colors

    red the underbelly of something dying the blood coursing thru veins bulging the sun squatting just before darkness the billowing morning flags over the people blue the faded edges of forgotten places the waters once were the empty room with filled ashtrays “Gauloise Blue,” Robert Motherwell green backs with envy on the other side hoping…

  • Price Of Perfection

    Starvation makes you beautiful. Makes you fit and petite. These pills can make you look wonderful. Just take two five times a week. Soon we’ll all look identical To that beauty of the week. Our bodies will look wonderful. But internally their weak. Our clothes will fit remarkable. Our lifestyle will be sheik. We’ll all…

  • When Im Gone

    So I live Like Theres No tomorrow, and I smile everyday, Cause if i dont smile who will brighting up my day, I hide the pain and I stand tall, Cuz Real woman never break down and fall, Even through the worst times I’ll always know, That when its my turn to go, every1 will…

  • Worthy Oppenent

    pray to God I’m a worthy opponent Forget the future Stay focused on the moment What am I to do My back against the wall Am I gonna fall Ah hell naw! I?ma fight hard Harder than before Get’em in my clinch Take’em to the floor Make’em fight my fight That’s what I’ma do Get…

  • untitled

    Just because it?s different, don?t make it carry the burden of better or worse, Just be grateful that you got it, and store it up in your knowledge purse, Thank God for the powers, store?em up and disperse, For every sweet there?s a sour, for every blessing a curse, Get better or worse, quench hunger…

  • The Casual Air

    I no longer need to speak to you When a nod will do. This is a paring down to essentials. Now the air between us is charged with a relaxed fervor. I no longer have to touch you Constantly like the collector who Holds a possession that holds him. When a spark brings a flame…

  • some mornings

    you surface like the returning drowned resurrected soft & beautiful swimming out of your dreams

  • Patience

    Patience It was hard for her to take care of herself. There was no drive No passion for herself. Her drive Her passion was Driven towards life Driven towards death Her annoyance towards the nagging To become part of something greater Pulsated through her rapidly She had to push the noise out She had to…