Monday, March 2, 2009

pay attention

walk handsome
through holes in the white
bury your sisters in your pocket
strap your mother to your chest
and father upstairs.

lovers like telephone wire
high and electric
look when you have to look
and say what you can
swallow something
oblong and oval 
pay attention
watch empires collapse
imagine your uncle
in a speedo in Denver
by a pool in a bed
happy
 


2 comments:

  1. Ben this is one of my favorite things you've ever written.

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  2. i really enjoyed this.

    'lovers like telephone wire
    high and electric'

    dklhjkshhrj!!!

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