H e a r t S o n s & H e a r t D a u g h t e r s of A l l e n G i n s b e r g

N a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 1 4 : A r c h i v e s E d i t i o n

MARC OLMSTED

Cemetery King

Dripping charnel

grounds of light –

I examine hope &

fear –

blue-black body

monster of

enlightenment –

call me Youthful

Lightning Bolt –

tired I slump –

desire’s already

here – I don’t

care –

my wrathful

rosary coiled

snake

on my cushion –

I close my tired

eyes –

sleep has been

troubled but

my mother’s

cancer hasn’t

spread –

still I

am the Cemetery

King

[Originally published in NHS 1997, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs97/index.html#11.]