fork/head

BABY

I know how
I’m supposed to act
and react
when one of those little guys
or little gals
walks
or crawls
or is brought into
the room
but I can’t do it
and I won’t do it
because I don’t feel it
all I see
and feel
is what
all these unbearable grownups
around me
used to be
so I can’t be hookwinked
in this regard
sometimes I lament this
because these
people whose eyes light up
and whose voices
become very silly sounding
seem very happy
to merely be in the presence
of one or more of
these little shitheads
I am unable to share their joy
which I feel is very misplaced
anyway

WATER

my forehead
is a lake
of sweat
I can put
my hand
and arm
into
up to
my elbow

Frizz Finish Gorst

our tongued dance

woman with beard and arm behind her back

naked nurse from behind