whose memories of growing up                                       person
in stockings are the only
hope of getting rich is like                                               money
watching her tear her stocking

closely; I came upon an old
photograph so scarred I had
to hold it up to the light; I saw
the women lining up to go

upstairs;
thousands of years before go-go
became intangible; a goddess will pass unnoticed              among ******

invented by Carol Doda;
mother of the several sons
of the prophets in town
for just one night; tell them                                                            t­hat
the seasons have vanished
on the ***** wings
of pro baseball;                       Cosmopolis                             Tropicopolis
is that ur home now;

no whirlwinds to live through,
serpents leaving
frost on the copper belt
jointed like a snake;
Hydra in her Iron Age slumber
takes the shape of blooming in                                                   daylight

creatures
Libras all, they called up to the
                                                         room deserving