(this poem is incomplete)
I Watched Allen Ginsberg and Wished
I watched Allen Ginsberg,Mouth screwed to one sideLike a car with a headlightOut,His wordsStraining through lipsNo longer functioningAt 100%.
He worked his wayThrough “Howl”As pictures ofKerouac, Cassidy, BurroughsFlashed,and I cried.
Not for the best mindsMy generation,Nor for the long-agoPassing of the bard.
I cried for the dying embersIn my chest.I [...]
L’Olonnais The Notorious (d. 1667)
He eats the heartsAnd plucks the eyes,The monster too scaryFor his own crew.He hides among the deadWith sand and bloodAcross his eyes,His face a death maskOn Holloween.When death is the treatBut his trickIs survival.
This poem will appear in the upcoming collection Pirate Eulogies
Jean Bontemps (d. 1572)
His head in Santo Domingo,His body in Curacao,His heart in France,His spirit in the waves.A corsair without airs,Despised for religion’s sakeHe attacked the wallsOf the seven hillsWith thirty men.Laid to restWith an arrow in his throat.
This poem will appear in the upcoming collection Pirate Eulogies