One Breath of Hot Air
(meant to be read aloud in one breath)
One Breath of Hot Air I.
LIKE FIRE
Indifference slowly melts
Floods of teardrops flow
THROUGH THE WILDERNESS OF THE WORLD
Salty sons of rude reality
On crowded streets the women strut
I LET MY LOVE RUN FREE
And sometimes stop curbside
To waste and wither
ONLY DREAMS CAME TO ME
Sidewalk sights of
Hands and faces
I HAD TO STAY OR GO AND NOW
Fingers and cheeks
Wiggling and waddling
THE INFERNO OF MY SEARCH
By and by more
Of them by and by
WILL BE FLICKERING FLAMES
Hands and faces
Fingers and cheeks
WARMING ME ON A DREARY
Waddling by
And good bye
NIGHT
One Breath of Hot Air II.
Grasping Mothers Cry Out
Make them busy
In this prison
In this prison
Diversity
The windows
Are not metal
Extend them
The overseer
Is hidden
Introvert them
And the captives
Are oblivious
But keep them
To their sad
Condition
Content
In this glass shell
Keep them at any cost.
Content…at any cost.
One Breath of Hot Air III.
As I understand it,
A match is a match
And a rose is a rose
But they could be anything
If they would just decompose.
If death be the feature
And death be the father
And death be the friendly foe,
Then what will I do
When my life is all through
With no place to go?
Will I ride on the breeze?
Will I finally be free?
Or will I really be
Eaten by the worms
Eaten by the worms
Eaten by the worms. If
Time’s a dimension
We’re almost
Everywhere;
Eaten by the worms
Almost everywhere,
Eaten by the worms
Almost everywhere
Eaten by the worms, (etc.) etc.
One Breath of Hot Air IV.
Copulation
Fascination (consideration)
Temptation, reservation
Deodorization (preparation)
Reclination, stimulation,
Extrication, elongation,
Lubrication, violation
Fornication (degradation)
Vibration, gyration, syncopation,
Duration prolongation,
Liberation, elation, jubilation,
Termination, germination,
Impregnation, inflation,
Donation, creation,
Population, relation,
Continuation, no relation,
Excommunication.
I added this page because I wanted the book to have 222 pages.