Bronze me up, I'm frazzled

Pugilistic pug dog of Puget Sound
sounded less than great late late May 2001
mutterings flew into the pier
lusting your lascivious veneer
riding Ryan's general vibe
sullied in Seattle - you've got a landlord's voice
echoing tinny timbres on the answering machine
undulating ocean waves floored me
bon soir regret a demain
lolling wings of wind & lollipop grandeur phenomena
the anarchy of anachronistic enmity
reconsider parameters of you enemy
lest energy of too cool ennui the conglomerate of
ashy cheeked bloodthirsty twentysomethings
a collective cognoscenti undermine the fortissimo
forging through canker sore stomach membranes
the attic of the atmosphere is falling
the city's chrysalis a maroon starlit satellite
guides us to beguilement
inner monologues bloody & frazzled
I'm plankton I'm a lantern
scissors in bed will make a messy mattress
sloppy hair & scar tissue to isolate
my journal could never carry a conversation
ivy tendrils tracing Niagara are fluid
Q-bert jumps pad to pad on cue
I swore to stucco cement structures I did
clanging & clingy to anticlimactic "yes"
tied in knots 'round my neck
the chalk lines lingered 'round hips
bloated blowfish hopscotch toss
church bells resounded through the halls of my brain
eucharistic euphemism, if you will allow
sorry for swearing Mom that's just how
the vertigo gong comes a crashin'
bobcats out at eight in Tucson mesa
inconclusive research produced cocoons
receded hairlines burst through, hooray!
everyone is happy now & certainly no one's
speaking at dinner so there must be nothing
to say I have something to say
a mess of charlatans sure of themselves
vicissitudes in this big cold blueprint
monks gone drunk in Philadelphia
obliterated over cherry grenadine cherubs
suburban flaccid penises subscribing
drop the ax! drop the knife! dropped cough drops
arrested cleft palate fumbling for fuck off

Jason Jensen