Nixon Resigns
At the skating rink
teachers on patrol,
the rumble, the smell
of floor wax, popcorn.
She rolls next to me
and winks I think.
We bump into each
other and fall
in my mind love
in hers over that stupid boy.
And the thump of disco
plays on.
Encounter With Einstein (circa 1950)
I clutch my equations
my monopoles
my anti-dice
as I approach the river
his retreat
his gendanken Platz.
I will regale him with my wares
and earn my just rewards.
They’ll refer to me as Albert junior.
I arrive just as he reaches
the river’s edge
to make my best and last stand.
‘Fish’ he says, pointing,
‘Such beauty, no?’
and moves on.
And so do I,
back to the drawing board,
of my ego.
Higher Power
You lie and cheat
and build clinics to scare
young women into rubbing you/r beads
and praying to you/r higher power.
You justify and testify
and feel closer to thee
and feel powerful.
You want to see power?
Make a satellite go to Pluto.
Fail and fail and don’t give up
and add precision out to four then five digits
and calculate orbits and energies.
That’s power and is and in all ways
will be higher than you/r beads
and old books.
Jesuschrist why do you think
I gave you a goddamn brain.
