Under giant monkey puzzle
in blue dawn light
watching you disappear.
Only gnarly rusty brown trunk bark,
unsullied sodden scrub grass,
stale sandalwood incense,
sweet virgin urine,
musk sweat
abide with me
You cut your leg.
I licked it better.
Under doctored monkey puzzle
in afternoon haze
inhaling wet, sweet earth.
False start, phantom urges,
torpid orchid, shy to leave.
Back down, board the junk,
Jesternista, caught a crab,
choppy weather, flayed on blether,
sever Trevor, war not love,
H-bomb ambrosia,
cream the pesky varmint rice.
Ring the changes, ding-a-ling.
There’s a thing. Hell’s got bells!
Jesus wept, overslept,
missed the bus, succubus.
Train to Darksville,
never late, never late, never late…
Grimbeau 