horchata in the shade
by Oscar Smiles
pile it on was the proposition
just a mile from a pop. 2 town
way up north near canada
2nd time ever in a blizzard
the other was in tx., believe
it or not, neutral …

You’re Fucking High, Huh?
by Oscar Smiles
in sync
and in rotation
strange vibrations
here I come
I see it coming
thru the limbs
and possibly
a panopticon of strange desire
so I step back two
and dust the snow
from my brahma boots
and hang the light …

face placement off cadiz and pearl
by oscar smiles
haybell colonnades
a book of matches shoots from the wrist
pumpkin patches and perennials
rubicon 4×4′s
a chance for stardom
and after all the laughter
i am stricken
by the sound of the hollowed sky
and …

SHANE
by oscar smiles
came over today
told me how was it
told me ’bout pregnant canvases
and showed me some ooh lala pics
scars of resurrection one long spine stitch
klonopin claw NAH zeh pam
had a sweet palladium smell to it
stolen …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

you’ve got
by oscar smiles
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 …