Epidemiology

A young man plagiarizes himself,
makes tiny illegal copies of his thoughts
and spreads them out like a virus.

The pile

words pile up.
congested.
infused with
the sacrifices
of lost ones.
compelling them
forward. past
erasures and
omissions. telling
tales of their
own obituaries
before the funeral.
processions of
image tumble
upon on another.
splattered with
blood and irony.
emerging with
no form. they
never had a
chance
to breathe.

Dirty Jobs

Poems written with vomit.
The poet spends his days
mopping things up.

Power Play

The crumpled sheet of paper
storms across my desktop,
demanding to be read,

The illegible palimpsest
gains some ground.

Pencils scratch
at pages lined -
finding words
to leave behind.