la paz
by oswald james
LaPaz is Truth! the queen and king three floors down
shaving their beards. Weird. Dont Dont forget. Farmers
Market in downtown LA. the ghastly gaze of sunken
cheeks and dark eyes of an old woman …

gnome brains
by oswald james
smoking gnome brains with the gnomes of zurich
i’m a suffering mop
sitting on a sinking houseboat
sheeplike in my shrinking
dip my hands in cool water and
sip the humidity
cuz these parachute pants got their own …

hello
by oswald james

i saw a fallen starburst
glowin ‘pon a rock ring
in the flicker of a water spark

i drowned in a sleep …

hissssss mountain
Photo and poem by Oswald James
hhssssss
electric grackle
hisss mtn
electroniq eyes
flop haus swell well
swell the seas
vitamin lust
lost toaster set stares
snowwww no now
losing sight
senses fail
hypnotic status
stop us
she versus heatwave
cop codes
heavily lifting
incindiary fingers
the sky scraper pentagon
flip methe bird

1/2 Dead Crew
by oswald james
What’s the percentage to lose
or ratio of bubble gum to pop
symphonies you chew
w/ a broken hubcap
Why hover when you could be shivering
in the window
shaking cuz your face paints flammable
I traced your …