contemporalien

Contemperalien


I live in             worlds
just off               to the side
                        of
this                     one.

Most share               those 
rubber bands,            habits
in their                 groups,
incrowds-o-outcasts
bendings that run and    winding
between                  them.

Not through              me,
alone alone but          free.

Poison Ivy

1. Always, a cluster, three leaves.
2. Always, only the center leaf has a stem.
3. Usually, the side leaves: asymmetric
...like 'mittens' when big.
4. Sometimes red stained.
5. Sometimes shiny.
6. Sometimes pointy.

I go by #1, #2, and #3. Might as well
stay away with #1 and #2. Color, shine,
and pointiness are not very reliable.

ID it after you already got in it?
Wash clothes, wash yourself, soap+water,
within 1/2 hour. Second contact
you are thousands of times more
sensitive than the first time.
So a brush without trouble is
no guarantee of immunity.

One of My Favorite Philosophers

(Edie Brickell)
Some cognitive behavioral therapy, til Tao Lin's arrives.

Some people know more than they let on.

Things That Want to Be Here

Hard to ignore the May flowers here.
This is a scene out on the non-chemical lawn.

Effects

one

thing

leads

what

is

between

seems

Starting

starting

expression

fluid