CHRISTOPHER MULROONEY: from DWELLERS & HARPBOOK

 

 

 

return of the birds

 

 

when the fountain was cleared 

the trees heard song again 

long before the pipes were connected 

 

 

a gust 

 

the wind knocks you down 

rends your tatters 

whips your flesh 

devours you entire 

 

 

an old favorite tune 

 

sleepy-bye nu lullaby no 

say not say no say me now 

me lullaby see me no see now 

lullaby me see lullaby me now 

 

 

 

the ocean floor 

 

dull crafty fellows and the archetypes they follow as well 

they blow as the whales blow they have been under 

the seas where strange things are poked eyes sawn hair the sirens of the deep 

Larry Moe & Curly Joe & Shemp 

 

 

vinegar and gall 

 

the striptease at the cash register said 

baptize any turkeys lately thou Pope’s nose? 

for it was Thanksgiving to see Honest Abe set forth across the tableland 

for the treading of the wine and the breaking of bread

 

 

the late bus 

 

shambling declarations of the mind 

to itself alone and no other 

visible in the great city

 

 

 

on my street 

 

aquamarine and ochre its shores 

a river with the usual banks and stores

 

 

 

Christopher Mulrooney has written poems in SAND Journal, The Interpreter's House, Black & BLUE, The Hour of Lead, Anterior Review, Nude Bruce Review, West Wind Review, riverbabble, LUMMOX, and pacific REVIEW.

 

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