In deed in deed in deed in deed smoke weed

               smoke weed Put something green

               in between but don’t smoke smoke dont smoke

               hope hope hope hope Nicotine dont

               smoke the official dope

               Dope Dope Dope Dope Don’t Smoke

1971; June 21, 1992

VIOLENT COLLABORATIONS

Violent Collaborations

Violate me

in violet times

the vilest way that you know

Ruin me

Ravage me

utterly savage me

on me no mercy bestow

—OLD SONG, 1944

Trespass against me

& penetrate deeply

Spare me not even your rape

Tie me up quickly

make me smile sickly

Seal up my mouth with scotch tape

—AG

Piss on me Crap on me

Wipe your fat ass on me

Make me a creature you loathe

Sorely harass me

Dont even ask me

But deal me your ultimate blow

—PH

Ignore me & stomp on me

Crack your big whip on me

Make me get down on my knees

Order me suck your dick

spank me & do it quick

Shove it in deep as you please

—AG & PH

Stun me & shun me

slave me & shave me

Give me your loathsome disease

Fuck me & fist me

in your army enlist me

Poop on me when you’re at ease

—AG & PH

Degrade & debase me

in public deface me

come on my beard in the mud

Double me over

in summertime clover

then hose me down w/your stud

—AG & PH

With Peter Hale

June 1992

Calm Panic Campaign Promise

End of Millennium

                    Earth’s decay—

Fire Air Water tainted

          We’re the Great Beast—

                    Dark bed thoughts

Can’t do anything to stop it—

Denial in Government, in Newspapers of Record—

Like watching gum disease & not brushing teeth

Getting heart failure, no rest much stress

Putting salt on your greasy pork

Putting sugar in coffee you’re diabetic

          Dysesthesia on foot soles

Poor circulation smoke more cigarettes

Kick your son under the table have another beer

Need President who’ll reverse the denial—

                    The Calm Panic Party

               to restore nature’s balance.

July 9, 1992, 12:55 A.M.

Now and Forever

I’ll settle for Immortality—

Not thru the body

     Not thru the eyes

          Star-spangled high mountains

               waning moon over Aspen peaks

But thru words, thru the breath

          of long sentences

loves I have, heart beating

          still,

inspiration continuous, exhalation of

          cadenced affection

These immortal survive America,

               survive the fall of States

          Departure of my body,

               mouth dumb dust

This verse broadcasts desire,

               accomplishment of Desire

Now and forever boys can read

               girls dream, old men cry

Old women sigh

               youth still come.

July 19, 1992

Aspen

Who Eats Who?

A crow sits on the prayerflagpole,

her mate blackwinged walks the wet green grass, worms?

Yesterday seagulls skimmed the choppy waves,

     feet touching foamed breakers

               looking for salmon? halibut? sole?

Bacteria eat parameciums or vice versa,

viruses enter cells, white cell count low—

Tooth & claw on TV, lions strike down antelope—

Whales sift transparent krill thru bearded teeth.

Every cannibal niche fulfilled, Amazon

     headhunters eat testicles—

               Enemy’s powers & energy become mine!

August 13, 1992

Gampo Abbey, Nova Scotia

The Charnel Ground

… rugged and raw situations, and having accepted them as part of your home ground, then some spark of sympathy or compassion could take place. You are not in a hurry to leave such a place immediately. You would like to face the facts, realities of that particular world. …

FROM A COMMENTARY ON THE SADHANA OF MAHAMUDRA, Chögyam TRUNGPA, RINPOCHE

Upstairs Jenny crashed her car & became a living corpse, Jake sold grass, the white-bearded potbelly leprechaun silent climbed their staircase

Ex-janitor John from Poland averted his eyes, cheeks flushed with vodka, wine who knew what