our alphabet is missing its third letter

our alphabet is missing its third letter

In surf green waters of answerless days
beyond mile limits
offshore LTDs
destroy mainland radio waves
raise bus fares
amidst sleazy affairs
land & take-off in seaplanes
drop off new loads of ten keyers
& deet to kill the skeeters.

Where the pale blue wren
self-sure ways
wet toed stands
in sea palm sways?

Not here, not now
when our alphabet is missing its third letter
postmarked yesterday.

[ ] loose

I've been cutting away for these years

these years like left over one-time-use items

I wash them after

insist on getting m--e

of my share

Finally the truth

[much is worth less

than initially sequenced]

essential code fragments

figures notes text on page

All that

emptiness

as if less than

or more emptiness

achieves better results

Add it all on only to take it off

 Add it all on only to take it off

  Add it all on only to take it off

    it all     only to take   it

 Add            to              off

              on        off

 As if writing soars

like wings for elusive

nature       sadly falling

one feather at a time

Such tender business

cutting back

through cutting

slicing out a piece

pie that life upside

cake down

I feel the loss

of what was

patriarchal

purpose passed potentially promised

father figure

tacking the likeness

next to something

cracking through

yellowed paper peeling now

Why so sad said she

tearing into tenderness

swapping swaddling

hold hard nose

firm boss [bite through]

where remains now

Cut through this

I dare you

can only be done

by -adding back- in

flesh to tender bone

pluto retro grade 5 17 2012

return of the long dormant drachma

Return of the long dormant drachma

the dream drip continued
in this remodeled puppet show
neither weather nor Mother nature
needed group therapy but I sure did

after I ripped a page from the desk calendar
to reveal my birthday
         welcome
an Egyptian lavatory chair
found in a tomb in Thebes

take off my charm bracelets
give me a blood test
even while
tied off with a salmon colored scarf
the dream drip continues
& Dr. Zhivago stands accused of
political malpractice

pewter grapes
surround my heartbeat
& weeds whisper
return of the long dormant drachma
to Greek shores

found out X 3

Prohibited Items for Travelers: An Airborne Luggage Ode

Box Cutters. Ice Axes/Ice Picks. Knives -
except for plastic or round-bladed butter knives.
Meat Cleavers. Razor Blades.
Sabers. Scissors. Swords.

Baseball Bats. Bows and Arrows.
Cricket Bats. Golf Clubs.
Hockey Sticks. Lacrosse Sticks.
Pool Cues. Ski Poles.
Spear Guns.

Ammunition. Compressed Air Guns.
Firearms. Flare Guns.
Flares. Gun Lighters. Gun Powder
including black powder and percussion caps.
Parts of Guns. Pellet Guns.
Starter Pistols.

Axes and Hatchets. Cattle Prods.
Crowbars. Hammers.
Drills and drill bits. Saws.
Tools (greater than seven inches in length).

Billy Clubs. Black Jacks.
Brass Knuckles. Kubatons.
Self Defense Sprays -
one 4-ounce (118ml) container of mace or pepper spray is permitted in Checked Baggage provided it is equipped with a safety mechanism to prevent accidental discharge. Self Defense Sprays containing more than 2% by mass of Tear Gas (CS or CN) are prohibited in Checked Baggage.
Night Sticks. Nunchakus.
Stun Guns/Shocking Devices. Throwing Stars.

Blasting Caps. Dynamite. Fireworks. Flares (in any form).
Hand Grenades. Plastic Explosives.
Realistic Replicas of Explosives.

Aerosol. Fuels. Gasoline. Gas Torches.
Lighter Fluid. Torch Lighters.
Strike-anywhere Matches.
Flammable Paints. Turpentine and Paint Thinner.
Realistic Replicas of Incendiaries.

Chlorine for Pools and Spas.
Fire extinguishers and other compressed gas cylinders.
Liquid Bleach. Spillable Batteries -
except those in wheelchairs.
Spray Paint. Tear Gas. Vehicle Airbags.

Gel-type candles. Gel shoe inserts.
Flammable liquid, gel, or aerosol paint.
Snow globes and like decorations
regardless of size or amount of liquid inside,
even with documentation.