Ship In the Plains

Ship In the Plains

Photo: Frka, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons three were houses of worshiptri su bile bogomoljeone mosque, and two churchesdvije crkve i džamijaI do not know whose will was itzbog ljudske il’ Božje volje?that my soul those plains traverses?među njima rodih se...
Grammar School (Z.C. Elementary)

Grammar School (Z.C. Elementary)

Photo: “Zenos Colman Public School” by artistmac is licensed under CC BY 2.0 I have tried and failed many times tosay how that building of amber stones has made me feel. Even after forty years since I’ve walked among the beige walls and mahogany columns. The...
Feast of St. John the Baptist

Feast of St. John the Baptist

Photo: Wally Wright Even in a city of millionsyou can feel so lonely Even with endless adventuresyou can feel so lackluster Walking around BoystownA hungover Sunday morning The sign proclaimed:OUR CHURCH IS COOLWE HAVE AC And having been raised CatholicI felt I’d find...
Maxine

Maxine

Photo: Wally Wright Halfway across Broadway her wobbly cart bends and she falls onto the street We rush out, help her back to a bus stop bench Dazed, unfocused eyes Eventually she tells us her name is Maxine A cute young woman stops by She’s on her way to a sex party...
Hollywood Beach Pantoum (2004)

Hollywood Beach Pantoum (2004)

Photo: Marine 69-71, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A smack of translucent jellyfish quiver like silicone implants on the shore. Tropical parrots squawk lime green gossip in the palms. At daybreak, a porno flick full of silicone implants is being filmed at the...