TO LIVE AND DIE ON EARTH

by Greg Hallcopyright 2008
Hamburgers sizzlingOn an open grille“and Chuck BerryIs so glad to be”“back in the USA”HowEver“Mikes“do“not“make“the“manAndALL“slides”“away”“before”YourPersonalAnd actualFeet“Despite your”“education”And all that followed itAnd “all”Preceding “it”)?YourNatesSizzlingOn a grille)a big eraser removing all exits)”Lenny Bruce and Robert Crumb and Sartre)”gone gone so GONE”And“you”Are on“your”“own”)”ART”)”IS)”smegma”“THIS”“IS”)the)beginning

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FAST EXPRESSION

by Greg Hall copyright 2008
JB utters the seven syllables of “BLUES” in less time than anybody WHO was ever BORN “people” “let me” “tell you” “the news” )the “cold” “sweat” of 3 A.M. “Got nothing” “ON ME” but people let me tell YOU the “old” “guy” “THING” “is” “UNDER” [...]

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SPEAK THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED

by Greg Hall
copyright 2008

Morning arrived without an invitationIt was just that evening was so beautifulThe sunrise started following it aroundI don’t know where your luminous paleness endsAnd the black heart of midnight beginsThe borders are opaqueEven in the black some light gets inThe blood finds its wayJust like a new-born riverGoes where it must [...]

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ODE TO WOLFMAN GREGGIE

by Greg Hall
copyright 2008

When I was born my father wore a lab coat
The first words audible were
“it’s alive, it’s al-l-l-l-ive … “
Igor stood by and told the old man
“I’m glad your first child is a masculine child”
I ran with the wolves until I was seventeen
The villagers came with torches and burned the castle
But it was [...]

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REALLY OPEN MIKE

by Greg Hallcopyright 2008
“WHO”MaySpeak)?“Those who makeLonelinessA darling lover,Solitude a darlingSin”…Bring yr dreamsYr aspirations, yr crimes,Yr open throats,“KEEP SINGING”as yr howls and “mozartian ululations”Are not “FATAL” to me…Seek not in meThe source of yr pregnancy,“I” “LEAVE”“NO”“TRACKS”But theLoneliness problemYou mention“Compels”“Me”To “advise”“You”“MAKELONELINESSA LOVERAND SOLITUDEA DARLINGSIN”

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How Your Paleness Explodes Inside A Very Silent Joy

by Greg Hall, copyright 2008
So many hearts brokenAll along the watchtowersInside every stepAlong the waySo many mouthsNever reallyBeen kissedSo multitudinousThe weary virginsFeet in the airAnd a lonelinessHowlingAn untouched coyoteUnder a pristineNew moonThat immaculateSliverTunedTo the curveThat never foundYour SecretThroatskinAndOtherLostMagicksAs inSoManyHeartsBrokenBecauseTheyNeverGotTo BeatSo manyHeartsBrokenAllAlongTheWatchtowerSo manyMouthsNever reallyBeen Kissed

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