Killing Frost (poem)

Posted by ractrose on 2 Jun 2022 in Art, Poems

      Killing Frost   Morning on the inside is only glass and curtains A saint might have heard voices He fingers the fly in the ointment and fills a pot With liver-colored beans no stench Like the burning of chili powder and this punishing cheap food And wariness too fine to read He […]

For the Gullible (poem)

Posted by ractrose on 1 Jun 2022 in Art, Poems

      For the Gullible   Is there nothing on earth, not entertainingly atwist No limit to the pride…your little marvels tucked In caches Rose-colored glasses awfully passé What will you spend your money on, now you have so much There are no paper fortunes left   A vast amount of daylight goes to […]

Infinite Fall (poem)

Posted by ractrose on 1 Jun 2022 in Art, Poems

      Infinite Fall   When a right hand chooses wrong Just this Tick of the clock packed in dry ice Your trigger finger hangs, a tic decides What you’ve done, agreeing with advice What you were a minute past Just that What you are carved on your headstone Name, digitoria of birth and […]