history of the mind

 

to pull a pick

to pick a pack

you don't want this

you just want that

a bathroom tore

a flood of time

a stick of wool

to prick a rhyme

a tinker ship

to troll the wool

a winding whip

to tame it full

to add a job

you don't ask why

you do not add

you nair apply

ice cream for plot

but don't know why

the dream's upset

the need not cry

the creature said

just go to bed

or fish instead

inside your head   

you wake before

the raven's crow

just say no more

defer to poe

you want some time

a little more

to eat a rhyme

you can't ignore         

i bid farewell

two lines are left

i know you won't

be much bereft

denis streeter    11/21/20

a walking

a bucket
a man
a riddle a plan
ride the barrel
round the block
where the fillings are fat
the chicken  slow
the pitter  pat
the fox you know

denis streeter    11/22/20

one fine day

two pots and a kettle
somebody left the whiskey on
it was dry as a bear and stiff as a creek
drinking leaves and tilling glasses
what the cats dragged in dogs shatter
gathering trees to milk their glasses
as the sun poured in
the ground began to flower
parched and wet and rye
still streams begin to dry
and bees begin to laugh
starched out of their minds
and labs flow and collies laugh
two doors begin to snow
and there was evening
next day
the crick began to fall, the ovens lit open
the time to tame the beast was done
it was tender and well baked 
and the cornbread was wise as it was tall
a sickle creams
a donkey braise
doors gulp and gasp
and jesus sighed

denis streeter   11/11/20