Six Poems
Jeffrey Skoblow
Things
A woman on the beach today, psychosis of homelessness,
shouting aloud to herself "Give me a *kind* *word*!"
pounded the side of her face with her fist.
*
Male
Mosquitos come too
and fleas I imagine
driven to ecstasy
expending themselves
for posterity a bigger
brainless cause coming
and going
they hang on
to the back of their excitement
for dear life
*
Scratch Paper
first draw
a box
around it
because it's
important then
cross it
out because
it's done
*
Riddle
Words don't
make any
thing but
them selves
the rest
is up
to
*
Pardon Me
Let me ask
you a question
if I can
Are words riddles
and if not
what are they
*
Nothing
What are you
doing I said
to my words
I listened carefully
I heard nothing
but ears rustling