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

 

 

RON RODRIGUEZ

 

 

Crackbrained

 

 

I wake up, he glass

 

Fallen back stiffly

 

Chair

 

Such raptures

 

Muffled towel

 

Acts of Parliament

 

Eccentric arrivals

 

False humility

 

Sweat shops

 

Rubbed nose

 

Upright carriage

 

Love of approbation

 

Income fingers

 

Great Memorial

 

River ago

 

She only grieved for me

 

.

 

Face 

 

Hard clatter of horses hoofs

 

Power of speech

 

She was weak

 

Document

 

Adamantine Merkins

 

Often now

 

Dead of night

 

Chariot

 

Smelt my head

 

As if in love,

 

Neck-kerchief waved

 

.

 

No Cancel to Freezer Dunghill

 

Saviour wound prepared

 

Pain kitchen upstairs

 

Yellow face nightcap

 

Peoples mistakes hunger

 

Elephant parlor open

 

 .

 

Mates

 

Frozen-out old gardeners

 

Boiling gipsy-fashion

 

Course of chequered existence

 

Villainy is the matter

 

.

 

The Market

 

Market-place

 

Beds in the night

 

Picture on the lid

 

I kept to myself

 

The bell rang

 

Model of sternness

 

Tumbling long hair

 

Conceptions of art

 

Traced to an apprehension

 

Hand upon the hand he put before his face

 

.

 

Time came

  

She glided

 

Mystery of the partner

 

I was night

 

She was wild

 

She ran along

 

Began to peel

 

Last attempt

 

To make any change

 

 

[Originally published in NHS 2013, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/_special_edition_nhs_2013/.]