Editor @ November 2, 2009 # No Comment Yet
shuttle production
by oscar smiles
fully noted beside a cranberry cocktail
still nursing on this sense of place
and the oscar de la renta mold
sits idly by on the corner of
prospect and concho
street hockey and vodka on rye
hemingway’s winner take nothing
greasy sleeves and fried pygmies
latin know nots and thirsty myrtles
all I wanted from you is to remember
you know maybe [...]
Editor @ April 30, 2009 # No Comment Yet
costello
by oscar smiles
you know
i don’t mean to make fun
well then don’t
she said
is that a wig
she came at me
and just inches away
said, their extensions
always turning on me
turning me on
cory, she said
as i cut up the coke for us
look at my tat
she was bent over
g-string and in full swing
i told her that
if she kept it up
that i [...]
Editor @ March 28, 2009 # 2 Comments
the echo of my doldrums
by oscar smiles
i was bugs bunny that year
all i remember is a polaroid
long table lotsa people
me right in the middle
on the way there i was so happy
the black witches pot right on the corner
on the way to grammas house
ma wasn’t too happy
she was sad at gramma
i think gramma was sad at [...]
Editor @ December 13, 2008 # One Comment
how dare you
by oscar smiles
while Im ripping your heart out
perusing through bad luck
out of time out of fuck
debug that dress
arms still intact
a beautiful emergency is where I want to be
under mountain and under stream
under stationary
undermined
out of sight
the under class besieged
their beastly enemy
their costly epitomies
their hound dog evictions
their poorly addictions
their happenstance afflictions
mixed with broken convictions
everyones taken [...]
Editor @ May 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
yours slowly
by oscar smiles
you know that i’m in love and high enough from all the wait i inhaled your early morning tchaikovsky blues didoon didoon forgive me grief
way too early for a breakdown dress down drowning in it yer remote it’s alright you have enough skin in the pipedown don’t touch
i want shorter breath beginning [...]
oscarsmiles @ March 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
pretty white lightning
by oscar smiles
not unplug headphones from ears
unplug cord fom speaker knot
spot the got to sleep
i go to clench your foot
you open the door
black like tire track
pretty like white lightning
you stick around thumping veins
pricking veins dose those most wanted
do it again and again uhhhht ohhhhh
sigmund says to still close them
have them to stay open [...]
Editor @ September 25, 2007 # One Comment
2…3…4
by Oscar Smiles
in a room nothing less
white walls caulked and eery
knives guns rolling stone mags
time and nascar flexing so far
come and go heave and hoe
my skull is for rent
crying eyes need not apply
eyes down eyes right eyes fucked
2…3…4 small bag of crackers
2…3…4 narcoleptic up 2…3…4’s
recruit thrashed and rethrashed
hotter than a motherfucker
from m.c.r.d. to o.s….a.a.
in a [...]
Editor @ July 10, 2007 # 2 Comments
life and death…a buoy
By Oscar Smiles
does he give it all up mistaken
does his plans change unmistakably
is it last call for a change
is his childhood ganged upon
by his newfound love of last calls
is his third storied
lounge compartment sunny
does he trip up
every drunken step funny
does he lay in the back
compartment windshield
eating sunny paintings
wishing to be drunk and [...]
Editor @ April 29, 2007 # One Comment
mary’s rooster chest
By Oscar Smiles
the power must of shut off
cause i’m all over it
and while it never gets old
i guess you had to be there
standing-fist
c’est mon groove
tagged and snagged
in the big gulp creek
unbutton my trousers
don’t be such a drag
tell me stories a la good luck
watch me
skippety doo-da
through heaven-hooker
watch me
take another swig-promise
recognizant of a newborn
rollin around [...]
Editor @ February 27, 2007 # No Comment Yet
you’ve got
mr. pooh on the rise
mr. shoe in any size
mr. sherlock and larry holmes
mr. i’ve got you
singing foglight
raging river domes
you’ve got
tattoo eyes
shisk boom bah
you request, you require
you’ve got an ear canal
in yer thighs
your luxury and expeditious
your vowed to never let go
you’ve got
blossoms and circles around yer eyes
possums and shackles around yer faith
a sweet tooth for [...]