Monday, October 30, 2017

Life as

Life as
An itinerant
Careening the
Entire project
Out of
The abyss
Can’t wait
To tell what
The text avoids








Tom McGlynn
copyright 2017

Sunday, October 29, 2017

Since this dispute

Since this dispute
Began as soon
As I left school
There was
Only one
Way to find
Out
Do we
Get our money
Back
Or do we
Forth
And free
Admit our learning









Tom McGlynn
copyright 2017

Saturday, October 28, 2017

Original concepts

Original concepts
Rendering
Friday night
Mumbling
Studio notes
A look see
How they too
Dry their rime
As the paint hardens









Tom McGlynn
copyright 2017

Friday, October 27, 2017

Stopped

Stopped
On a culvert
Bridge over
A brook
I spent my
Childhood
So what
Traffic I took
Serious was
Not the crossing
In the middle
Of the block
But that
Which I could
Not volunteer
Flooded
Underneath








Tom McGlynn
copyright 2017

A chainsaw works

A chainsaw works
This morning
Remotely
Gnashing down
An embankment
Rudely stumping
Trees of heaven
Sharpened for development
Chevaux de fries
A hedge against
Any amount of
Vagrant investment








Tom McGlynn
copyright 2017

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

How can we

How can we
Have where
To come
Home from
Resting on a lot
Of assumption
About the personal
Stereo thing
The cheapest
And latest
Most echo
Made bed












Tom McGlynn
copyright 2017

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

The retired men

The retired men
Speak lowly in
Spanish brought
To them by
Their mothers
And fathers who
Took it as their
Family tongue
So on and on
These corners share
Some daily conquest










Tom McGlynn
copyright 2017

Monday, October 23, 2017

This boy is

This boy is
My enemy
No longer

What you see
After moving
Through customs
To greet a
Weary traveler
To connect
The dots
Between nerve
Pain and anger

And now now
My My
Revolutionary
Exercise regimen
Begins anew










Tom McGlynn
copyright 2017

Every given

Every given
Moment must
Be treated
From outside
Such a way
As to hold
Exactly inside
The poet
And them
Their machinery
Out to get us











Tom McGlynn
copyright 2017

Friday, October 20, 2017

Clean, dry materials

Clean, dry materials
Toward a liberatory
Now
Who’s gone properly
Marching off
The edge of love
Forgetting
Why you entered
The room
Just
One of my favorite
Hysterical documents










Tom McGlynn
copyright 2017