In Plurals
for Vicki Rose
for Vicki Rose
1 Menaced
by a pack
of wild dogs,
the act
of writing
crawled
into bed
as Texas
turned
New Mexico—
2 We chatted,
hugged
closer,
because
what I do
effects her,
like a
new word—
sensuous,
dangerous—
3 The language
of television
sweeps us
along—
sexual blur
almost worth
paying for—
where questions—
like these—
are not asked—
4 Flashing
from one
to another
in quick
succession,
understandings
that’ll cost
positive life—
5 Congruent
with avant-garde
aesthetics—
the mirror
adds
perspective—
6 When
bones
erupt
through
flesh,
reality
calls
for
reappraisal—
7 Desire
summons
it to life—
her gentle will
I have yet
to explore—
8 Live within
the vast
unwritten page
of what
there is
to say—
9 Not paralyzed,
we fell asleep—
we had to,
my heart
full of hate
for everything
human—
10 Tenuous,
fleeting
sensations—
she began
kissing
my neck,
that effect
of writing—
blood,
excitement—
for no good
reason—
11 Just sit
typing—
12 Borne
along
by frenzied
crowd
we started
drinking
to expose
desire—
13 Naked—
I rejected
everyday
concerns,
boundaries
most extreme—
under
scorching
Arizona
sun—
14 Failure
all the time,
threading
selection
through life—
15 Moonless
darkness
perpetuates
itself—
16 Drums,
wild hooting,
liberal
feminism—
17 Too drunk
to do much,
too good to be—
a single
bright star
hangs near
moon’s
absent heart,
the day
Nelson
Mandela
walks free—
18 Everything
helped
set up
poverty
as a virtue—
clouded
by vague
anxiety
that love
has any place—
19 Women
as pure
sexual
objects—
loads
of laundry—
a long
plastic
hallway
where thieves
run free—
20 Doesn’t matter
where you start,
suffice it
suffice it
to say
différance
is not
settled—
21 Ghetto,
suburb,
side by side,
stretching
to break—
together—
22 Shaping
perspective,
I bent
her over
on suspicion
I want
to complicate
things right
to nothing—
23 And then
we’re done
talking—
not in
the mood
for idle
conversation—
pulling her
little body
into mine—
24 We hold
the right
to produce
any subject,
about anything,
before it
becomes
memory
forgotten—
25 Huge brains,
small necks,
weak muscles,
fat wallets—
portrayals
of women
highlighting
lack of choice—
26 Whether or not
this state
of affairs
gathered round
my car
to gnaw
fresh chicken
bones—
not because
she has something
to gain—
27 At any cost
life
must be
a legend,
a wild account
of weirdness—
28 Nobody
wanted
to discuss
hygiene—
we didn’t need
any clue—
I don’t know
if she
expected it,
I didn’t—
29 Where
it lacks value
she responds
to my touch—
30 Drove
four days—
half way—
waiting
for heaven
to fall
across
the corner
of my face—
31 She yields
positive
potential—
an affront
to an endless
spew of kitsch,
powers
muttering
in darkness—
32 Torn—
I undressed
her—
33 She
never has—
hesitation—
34 Alone,
emulating
past masters—
35 Good men
die—
why it’s
fascinating—
36 She hunched
over
deep
into
consciousness—
no longer
anything—
37 Pacified
with meaningless
materialistic
pursuits,
we went to bed,
music blaring—
38 In the theatre
of moral
dilemmas—
39 You can
almost
anticipate—
lying
between us—
40 Running
to her brain,
realism,
the surreal—
pretext
to destroy,
nothing—
the last bus
home—
41 Desperately—
fiction—
a penetrating
wound—
42 Don’t start
with the sign—
that long,
familiar
walk home
from
Satyricon—
43 Who
comes
last—
desires
unknown.
44 I don’t know
I regret it—
always
pleased
with
variables—
between living
and writing—
45 Just to see
I’d gotten
settled in—
the day
having
an edge—
46 For so long
I forgot—
47 Cursed
curiosity—
it must
have been
Saturday
night—
48 I turned left
leaving Satyricon,
then again,
both of us
surprised
we went
the same way—
49 The difference
between life,
what’s on screen,
not sufficient—
50 She undid
my pants
on the
dirty floor—
51 I will not
have been—
not at all,
unless this is—
52 In our
hasty desire,
we pushed
against
the window,
cracking it
to exploit
the past—
53 She often
does things
without
thinking,
she said—
54 Resents
boundaries,
payment
for beauty—
sexuality—
desire—
55 Composed
of impurities,
staggering
to know
we are—
56 Some sort
of plot—
essential,
worth
preserving—
maybe—
57 The restless play
of difference—
implies
obligation
to live—
58 Equal partners
in a
beautiful,
engaging act—
I pealed off
her clothes—
59 All
that is
known—
except loss—
in your bed
when you
come home—
60 Keeps me
from what
I want—
to eclipse
the normal
scheme
of things—
61 Living
more than
already is—
even lousy
there’s truth
within
boundaries
and outside—
62 We’d been
touching
secular scripture,
a great,
enigmatic book—
reading it
gives birth
to self—
63 The radio
chatting—
kids killing
themselves
in Arkansas—
language
the visible
effacement
of who
speaks—
they lack
all intimacy,
and lie
entirely
outside—
64 Smith stood—
in class—
history—
told her
“I love you,”
pulled a gun—
shot himself—
65 I’m scared
tomorrow
I won’t be
afraid—
66 When we went
to make out
things changed—
some wild
unfathomable
beast
reared up
out of darkness,
as we struggled
in bed—
67 The polygamous
hyper-erotic
lives almost
exclusively
in the
sexual sphere,
his organism—
psyche—
appendages,
not man
but organ—
68 We sat
on the bench
in my kitchen
rubbing our legs
together
while talking
to Susan,
who may
have known—
69 Such difficulty
with “no”—
a little nervous,
not sure
I wanted anything
to happen—
70 I don’t know you
well enough, yet—
it’s too soon,
lay down,
relax—
71 Her father hopes
the experience
taught her—
something—
he thinks
she was lucky
to get out
alive—
72 Always
escape
a place
that yields
market
value—
73 Being high—
74 Rarely
say no,
deny not
possibilities,
complications
become
our lives
as they
create—
75 Nothing
that’s done
will help,
but still
go on—
do it—
still,
go on—
76 Uneasy
coexistence
makes a medley
of insight—
asks us
to see
promiscuous
intermingling—
77 The illumination
limits
textuality
interwoven
to forbid
resolution—
78 Reading
habits
penetrate
our lives—
89 Write
a thievish
book—
scatter
logos
in
plurals—
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