the birth of venus
To Paul
shaking on the bus to hell
i break off sugar fingers
sorting like with like
lights faded smiles the sour
stench of flesh windshield wipers
hair long legs and an oedipal crime
committed with an umbrella
slamtilt mechanism full force
throws
me over the granville bridge
standing on applecores
fishtails and heads lessons
learned and the chilly
breeze i think
isn't it great that the night isn't
that the sky isn't that the
sugar fingers and mistakes
and the morning
isn't
but the poet
is