Builder

I am a whip

I glisten with pomp and blood

When you see me, I ought to be a tumult.
Large and in charge.

Bullish.
Brute.
Dastardly and masculine.


I would defy you if you dared to rise up against my loins.
My muscled neck and jawbone. My back.


If I had four bolts of lightning I would strike down eight men with machine guns.
I am great.

Storming.
I bend into distinct shapes, indicating my prowess.
It ripples, venous.
I ripple.
I drown you out with my immaculate voice.
Pure white and silken. A boulder, I am a boulder.

I was on the CTA this morning. I've kept taking the train because there are no direct buses from Belmont to Evanston.

On the purple line, there was a gentleman with a very offensive smell. It made me salivate thickly.

When I thought of cows, it was bearable. I thought of large, adorable dairy cows.

Infections.

Ear infections are the most naive infection.
Bronchitis is the most petulant.
UTIs are the most lonely.
Viruses are the most stately.
Athlete's foot drinks Keystone Light.
Gangrene drinks Newcastle.
Leprosy drinks 15-year scotch neat.
Ebola is suffering from culture shock.
Cholera misses his family.
Malaria came from a broken home.
Lyme disease was stranded on an island for two years.
Polio thinks fondly of your grandmother.
Cancer's father had a muscle car in the garage.
Dengue fever joined the communist party in college but now regrets it because it was a rash decision.
Pneumonia wears gray shirts.

Journal

dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary.

I had a dream last night that involved apricots and a fog machine in the bathroom.

dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary dear diary

6/9 haikus

1.
the cable stretches
an iterative statement
between two places

2.
in gentle twanging
there is a distant language
above the landscape

3.
and noiseless cirrus
go by and make no noises
whispering nothing

4.
and noiseless cirrus
an iterative statement
above the landscape

5.
in gentle twanging
go by and make no noises
between two places

6.
the cable stretches
there is a distant language
whispering nothing