Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Peter Richter poem #1




















This Anecdote is Anal Wind, so Fatty Said “The Skinny is Grim.”

Oliver Jostz 
sat unwrapping 
appendages on Christmas,
caught mucus basin strep 
throat in a walk-in 
Refrigerator,
tossed Beth down Siberia 
in a saucer sled, 
ushered snowmen to the 
sewers.
Got banana lipped 
nervous, 
slept sexed in a crane 
hull, 
felt reduced to a 
thunderhead,
cuddled off the ocean 
ridge.
Set soil bungalows in 
Poughkeepsie NY,
rebuilt the mailbox,
retrained the dog,
bought the tenor voice 
and shoes,
managed the sale.
All along he kept safe 
the ants and one leaf 
and they replied on moon 
dust, tapping a dot 
trail into their 
tunnels.

AND visit our friend Lauren Cerand's website to learn about anything cool happening in New York. 


3 comments:

  1. I think you used really good vocabulary. I like a lot of the words. And I really like the image I got of Oliver. It made me laugh.

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  2. I thought I wrote weird stuff. I like it a lot, tons of great imagery. Nice name drop of Oliver. Best title ever. You should send this somewhere, maybe Opium. Read some more Donald Barthelme; you won't regret it.

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