Overdose

A man will die in Laos.

Today, and tomorrow.

Today and tomorrow

a man will change a tire.

Behind him a mountain

in its 50^th century

of slash and burn.

A waterfall, rapids.

A boy drinks methanol

at a Blue Moon party

on an island

where the souls of the dead

are rarely encountered

but often…

Poem

And what shall

you do with yourself

oh tiny poem

in the vastness of white space,

your privilege?

The Day Danno Died (i. m. James MacArthur)

The day Danno from Hawaii Five O died

it was 84 degrees Fahrenheit and sunny.

Somebody, not me, had found some shoes

of a fifties vintage

in Uyeda's Shoe Store in Puck's Ally

where boxes are stacked every which way.

The day Danno died somone in Hawai'i

had probably entered Masako's Candy & Gifts

which is on the ocean side of Beretania,

between Piikoi…

My Les A Murray parody

An Absolutely Ordinary Elephant

An absolutely ordinary elephant makes tracks

to the breeding grounds of India

stops off to raid the Frost Free, terrorise

a few local farmers. Now that

forests are a vague memory (even

to an elephant who can't forget)

he finds beer and Sang Som liquor

absolutely to his taste.

Maybe he could cry, but doesn't.

A decade past he blundered…