Author: slithers

Bathrobe-clad Tea-sipping Word-smithing

slot machine spinning
when cherries line up jump up
set pencil scribbling

 

Love Stage 2 (cracks in the fatuation)

some imperfectly
administered luxuries
mar otherwise bliss

 

Vitamin Dearest

chemistry of fire
ingested transmogrified
dead fragments revived

formerly fickle
time snuggles like E. Coli
focus crystalline

moments so vivid
movements so fluid my veins
may contain lava

I sent several mail art haikus on the subject of love to Dame Mailarta’s “Running On Love” project:

1. Penpal Romance (this was a poem I wrote specifically for this project and accompanying collage, the background of the scan is not very visible, but not super-important, click the picture to view larger).

2. A Push, An Open Valve, Regret (this I wrote incidentally around the same time and decided to send along – photo is an old one from a trip of mine New Orleans)

Last Call

weak repetition
hangover gray we go through
motions hanging on

long drive fancy brunch
craft fair ’til eyes red packing
veggie grill good bye

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[Event: Dec. 6 – brunch at Madeleine’s Bistro (again), visit Unique LA (again), dinner at Veggie Grill (same as when I arrived), emotional hugs at LAX (again)]

Dolls Diversion

security tight
past the pat-down now revel
everything alright

dollmart zombies cute
sis with pretty entourage
we all love trouble

think i play it cool
with my crush like magnetic
filings OK fool

bout sucks attention
like a shop-vac amazing
speed grace curvy track

watching while flirting
intermittent sparks she speaks
focus divided

i hold tecates
thankful she later buys me
vegan tamale

game ends too quick
egress chaos we float away
wishing for more play

enter club en-masque
crush exit ouch but now soused
dance no space for pique

meet skater stars flirt
sis mustache adorable
i steal legwarmer

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[Event: Dec. 5 –  LA Derby Dolls championship bout (Tough Cookies vs. The Swarm) & afterparty]

Unique LA Mega-Boutique

car parts typewriter
keys other salvage or from
scratch sewn drawn soldered

fine items combined
wearable or frame-able
wallet on diet

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[Event: Dec. 5 – 6 (we went both afternoons) – Unique LA (craft fair)]

Semi-Boo to Bua

duplicitous but
cool distortions leading to
metal dinos fun

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Milagu Tawny Marketeers

uttapam my love
cozy chaos industry
chatter mustache hands

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[Events: Dec. 4 – visit to Bua art show, then shopping along outdoor plaza with dinosaur sculptures in Santa Monica; later, dinner at Paru’s with some of Alanna’s friends involved in the movie industry]

Frameworking It

choose own adventure
harker or vampire elder
or the bartender

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Hearth of Besarab

vamp vixen intrigue
beaded gown satan’s babe died
swordfight was highlight

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The Camp Exodus

highway holiday
some retail hostile not all
succulents store nice

Seed crafty delights
sharp dangly copper bracelet
lunch so good ate twice

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[Events: Dec. 3, 2009 – drive down to Costa Mesa to go to Humanitaire [the hostile place] and Native Foods, and discovered Seed People’s Market at The Camp; at night, went to House of Besarab (a play) and someone (not me) had a flirtation with the bartender]

Arcade Date Nite (starring Steven Seagal)

guns race games dancing
long wait snug she sidles in
glances exchanging

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[Event: Dec. 2, 2009 – video games at Dave & Busters (arcade) with my sis, then drinks at The Snug (a bar)  to meet up with my sister’s friend / my new crush — Steven Seagal: Law Enforcement was on the telly while we waited]