the youth

these are the joys of being young
something to cry about
and a cigarette
because you wont die yet
liquor in a community that supports
because it is old and continues
past when you will
past when they did
these are the joys
and whether or not they will find you
when you are old
and whether they are old
and if the past has recommended the best
because it has not sometimes
as recorded
in a stale or in a longful way
what makes it into the records?
can it, will it
can I will it
be turned in my favor?
as some have
is it so much effort
the youth
can’t know the effort
that fades so sudden maybe
as to be gone
as to be

nice (ii)

the nicest person. to me there ever was. wasn’t really nice

shortly we went. our separate ways. no complaint.

and never wished it had been different. our exchange

if we were anything we were for the better. now that after

we were nothing for the worse. for being together.

for being apart.

nice (i)

the nicest person i ever met. was not really.

hand and foot we waited. on each other.

for one another. the care was too deep

when it got cold. they kept tripping us up. our own four feet.

which we always entangled. frozen joints would.

make us fall down the crevasses. ice-climbers

ill prepared and pampered. like something you could kill.

and savor later.