PRESSURE PRESS ARCHIVE
inundated with internal tattoos
for jim delavern
what i want to tell you isn't pleasant, but
we have choices to avoid truths. youthfulnesshas not earned surrender,
hasn't yet lost the battle.rebellions decay,
become worthless & petty as thisdrama,
this time with everybody on earth,intensifies
over & over. the horrorsshred us all
& middle-age is always positionedin cross-hairs,
in the fucked center of mine-fieldsno lie. you know it's war, the only consequence's loss,
all the shit gets worse.everything about everything
is culpable, nothing is repairable.the generation
we happen to roll intois superficial
ideals. nobody realizes depths are mistaken. poemsdon't cut it in
the real worldwe spurt
cancerous cum,words are
swallowed cum,words
for honormean less,
dumb as buddha,obscene as jesus.
even silence sounds sick,& churchbells in the city
are melodic torture. let women speak& misogynists are validated.
this isn't some macho stance,it's a man in erie
saying growing oldis resignation.
a sigh. youth begins mistakesmiddle-age continuously
suffers with, as humanswe're fuck-ups
living wrong livesno matter,
no matter.