Michael Main

 

A:~:meri:~:can Monu:~:ment:~:al

empire (e)state elevated world order
indian(a) limestone (en)litanies scored
tip topped w'spiky (c)hurl

radio at(tent(s)ion) new york 'n' jersey shore
blaring joy jazz lip kong's deco box girl

ask'n fay wray who dunn 'it

~:^:~

|~^-: with marble race feigning suicide reprisals ~:.

b(last)ing caps a' hot july bricol(age)
shadow sna(king) acres d(own) 'n' round
america's god (gild)amesh

doctor (sin)atra streisand einstein debacle
operation polestars :U|S: edward teller
dirigible highliner watt watch

ask'n (w)all street (c)rash to come 'n' love

~:^:~

|~^-: with manhattanesque elatives squatting down ~:.

fifth avenue victory alum masquera(u)der
b(road)(cast)er canister celluloid master
early (h)ours hoover (up)feelings gala

ask'n camelot to sequined state's flame

~:^:~

|~^-: with esprit de corps advice and consent ~:.

elevator shot remonstrance (h)alls mirrored
everyw(here) you see ~^~ I see ~^~ limitless
semio power pistols

up on the roof w(here) there be dancing
and (de)light and nightblack with kong
belt sw(eat)ing back the waves of war

ask'n big (p)lanes who's coming on

~:^:~

|~^-: with tin pan reorienteers attending halt ~:.

in dreams roy (orb)i(son) waltzes the night
cruising hall pampered chiffon sweet chimeras
roaming with marianne faithfull to undress

ask'n for solace (pow)er n' (wow) tower

~:^:~

|~^-: with storm rod conelit empire swift ~:.

yesteryear glory days did we hear tell
the ca(us)al edifice fitfully res(peak)ing
(c)all in a hoarse whisper as if miles or mingus
hailing columbia hi' cats 30th street wise:

"remember me when i was invisible?"

"o wha' ... ? didn't you miss me?"

 

San Francisco To Schenectady Symbiosis

Recitation by Author

(-: on the road to resolute road, this tom reveling :-)

"O in a'roam, a'lone together
like a horse and carriage, this
I tell you brother, I come and call!"

I.

San Francisco Calling

|::
of tom for loving her
by the seat of his pants
:~:
whip(poor)will h(itch)ing post
west'o'dodge (way)ne prev(ailing)
:~:
a quest, while the old man is asleep
bareback r(id)er s(how)stealing t(hun)der
:~:
in d(is)counting injun joe's crime
:~:
comes a w(hip)pin'nude page ripped
(co)agitato w(h)ig no(bless)e siege
:~:
of tom for roaming his head
::|

II.

Tom Visiting Schenectady

|::
in r(o)aming late (arc)hway l(amp) nights
:~:
(or)b sickle cul-de-sex s(trap)dangle
:~:
dual(in)g soul d(us)tcart sc(rap)pezist
:~:
schenec(tad)y seeker encro(aching) (tom)sawyer
:~:
strafed honker flyo(v)er (be)wailing sin(s)black
:~:
marauding bro' hosts marking 'x' with Huckle'b
::|

III.

Twain's Two-Thousand Verse Dual

|::
in a m(ark) twain semi(o)tic carri(age)
hey, mr. boj(angles), mr. m(ark)downs,
baggy pants loving her so cruel
:~:
it's pr(imi)tive your whipmasted slim savior
your saving grace syllables, pipe erecting
circus net wind winch, who cloned us a tom
:~:
'frisco call s(tart)les ma' il(lust)rated man
:~:
Jeho(judg)vah mental(ism) creeps(us) out
in this m(end)i(cant) tent of yore
:~:
coming under covers signing for(h)bidden books-
speaks t'hot theocracy-epigrammatic h(s)extext
::|

IV.

The Vernacular Witch Pie Test

|::
eek a kiss!
:~:
s(trap)ped in cave his b(eck)y (that)cher
:~:
spied a pie, icky witch pie, pants in the pie
under drawers, eight miles high, pie squashed
:~:
|: "missouri chaste-painted fencer" :|
:~:
pollygarten p(ants) (red)seamed w'whitewash
fly boy flag blue window-dressed best western
:~:
busting up aunt polly's genuflection dream
::|

O don't let the rain come down :-)
!- jolly wolly doodle dangle day

 

Cloudburst Best Western

Recitation by Author

:(: beyond cloudbursts :):

~ descending these .:~

best western balustrades ~ as if sunset

chameleons .~. sandbar sages .~. kingston band

gaggles of crowbeak ~:~ gale squawk windlashers
rainburst's anteriority ~:~ pacific filibuster
preternatural nov(ember) ~:~ stovepipe's sun lancet

~ destilling these .:~

best western fusillades ~ as if moon

striated half masks .~. tent sail star heights

roadswitch's t(rain)loss ~:~ skies combustion dreidel
ho(ode)d backlot stallion ~:~ hoof 'n' coal tomahawk
two-by-four slacklimbo ~:~ smokey woods 'n' b(ear)paw

~ spelunking these .:~

best western meditations ~ as if earth

causation's celltower .~. blasts on mary's peak

dire stall temptations ~:~ curve stroking back 'n' stop
blessed sheetfields hail ~:~ owl's b(leary) f(eat)her razor
homecoming storm breaker ~:~ rain country 'tis of thee

~ deplaning these .:~

best western decalogues ~ as if smokey

deguerreotype positions ~:~ s(alt) cellar relig(ion)ists
p(ray)er positing so(up) ladles ~:~ ball field's hula choir
voice busking tops(oil)ers ~:~ cafe serving all hosts ale

~ declining these .:~

best western retributions ~ as if hollyhock

holy communion lights out .~. weather mens last stand

stop at (no)thing stop ~:~ but driving cops to AM stations
b(less) this c(row)bar (tow)n ~:~ besotted bellwire turnstiles
(no)thing tonight rains true ~:~ they call the wind mariah

(no)thing tonight rains true ~:~ they call the wind mariah

 

 

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