Thursday, January 24, 2008

Greek and Latin

The cat the (male) black being-to-us cat
having on-this-occasion-only killed
the small the (female) rodent, the one in the couch,
played
effects of action continuing into the present
with (rodent implied)
under the winedark the (couch implied).

Having killed rodent,
without assistance of definite article,
cat black our
Gaul subjugated.

Blues Song About Cigarettes

Friendship, darling, is just a word,
and love is just an act.
Gin gets bitchy the morning after,
marriage is just a legal pact.
When you want a friend who doesn't betray,
a kiss that isn't empty,
give in to the truth of the poisonous love
which comes in packs of twenty.
Now love is a toxin, and trust an expense,
so cling to a light in a world of dark.
The rock of mathematics will be your guide:
you've got two lungs and only one heart.