shorty archives

errant, in arrears

he was the kind of man who,
when translating the language of love,
got the verbs all wrong.


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you go, gamera!

giant turtle!
jet-flame feet!
psychic zookeeper!
island terror!
giant bat-like bird race!
unnatural origin!
radioactive plight!
saki-drinking tenured professor!
grizzled ex-cop!
mysterious atoll!
military lasers!
ultimate showdown!
mt fuji!
and buildings that crumble
like models!
TOHO!
TOHO!
TOHO!


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the dirt of golgotha

the dirt of golgotha,
stained with the threat of faith,
is daily ground upward into
our worn and weary soles
yet we brush it away with
disregard, contempt,
as tedium crushes our bones
to paste
with which the next set of walls
will be mortared

row well, and live.