anarchy
    by T.L. Kelly
    with Marlene Mountain

     

    news headlines about sonia: forget lib, she wants anarchy -- mm
    planet of the apes asunderground a wimmin's place -- tlk
    unable to grow a baby he's chosen war is hell of a good time -- mm
    battle of the bulge in his pants fading -- tlk
    secretary's day a flower and more dicktation for the typissed -- mm
    stuc in the missionary position for wages less than sin -- tlk
    touching myself in the mirror a linked form endangered -- tlk
    less energy now to push beyond 'signs' to quit -- mm
    not in kansas anymore belly up in the poppies deep sleep -- tlk
    propaganda treekilling a career to hell with owls -- mm
    soldiers count grains of sand wise men flee -- tlk
    i have come to destroy the works of god* -- mm
    paper chase at the Wailing Wall missives falling through the cracks -- tlk
    sex tourism yeah tour them jerks off the pretty face of earth -- mm
    before leaving her lover drops a quarterflash -- tlk
    not over the blues i find a hole with a green sock to it -- mm
    new world order red sand pouring through the hourglass -- tlk
    friendly fire from smart (ass) bombs -- mm
    home front dangerous cholesterol level the poems hang inside -- mm
    winterful of guilt spring cleaning the vacuum breaks -- tlk
    both right hands washed 100s of 1000s cling to his slippery slope -- mm
    straight flush one tied behind her back didn't stop her -- tlk
    embarrassed again to admit i write haiku with no chance to explain -- mm
    just to reach out and touch the ankles of the old guard -- tlk
    (yikes)more(fake)freedom(like:us)global(dream-on-sucker)talk(shows) -- mm
    don't call it spinning a web to trap flies call it networking -- tlk
    you're very welcome i could not have made it this far without myself -- mm
    all wrapped up in her mother lays the flag on the coffin -- tlk
    red dot on white ache of clean heculture to control dirty shenature -- mm
    explaining to my daughter the shape of the tampon -- tlk
    turning my head away from the homeless woman she laughs -- tlk
    still able to admit anger is art -- mm
    content in a room with a view my grandmother dying -- tlk
    hard now to see earth fire water air -- mm
    now's the time haiku spelled backwards is not renku -- tlk
    new paintings: femail boxes and junk male -- mm


    *after jesus: "I have come to destroy the works of the female" as quoted by clement of alexandria in the 'gospel according to the egyptians.' R.E. Witt, Isis in the Greco-Roman World, London, Thames and Hudson, 1971.

     

 

 


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