I'm going in a new direction with my poems. I'm going to be more associative and ellipitical. I've noticed a lot of young poets are writing this way, and I want to try it for myself, share in the zeitgeist. Below is my first attempt.


In the Office of the 17th Flr


Goofy orbs go riding out
as the roaches speed the bottle--

a dune in the diaper,
pillboxes adding modular

approaches to the collateral.
The mouth

as health regimen.