oet’s Corne Now that we are 5 billion Aren’t we all round-bellied happy Death of a Fatal Attraction Having each one of us consumed NO KEY REQUIRED One dozen Big Macs in our time As a man, Claude Parade I look back You need not a key to pass ude Faradox at the lust attack into this securely sealed palace of dreams. of two hearts that long compassion. You need not break through sia the porthole of the unknown. . ; ook, For in time, my dear, in time, ety can I do to retain my self-es- . but see no wrong the unseen will become seen; I just spent the evening with the in the union of confused souls. the forsaken will become reality. woman of my dreams. Your dreams will need not a palace My nerves were on edge, my reac- Two hearts beat in which to reside. For in reality, tions were tested, furiously, your dreams dwell in the greatest court of all. But from what I could tell, she playing games without frontiers. Follow your inner most reveries and wasn't infterested. nurture them to their triumphant conclusion. The arrow hits its mark. Live your dreams. For in their fulfillment, Some people believe I just think The damage is done find the lost ferver in our lives. ae done with the act and for- and I the man lie drowning ee ee get the rex in a pool of cold blood. 4 I have a reputation of being per- Dy en semper gardan verted, The pungent scent of wrong love gone right But as such my emotions have just burns holes in my flesh birth been subverted. Yet the sweetness is still vaguely distinguishable — through the rancid fumes. : : I could live without the sexual act, Unsigned From the other side And still would be if not for my : A steel bolted door wit, charm and tact. we e I do not want to hide Tam more interested in talking and After the tears hugging. ener. % I follow the soft golden hand ; Than the sensations derived from = ¥ It leads me sliding and shoving. : f Back to you So here I type on the old ® = typewriter, % Once we caught the butterflies The future doesn't seem to get any = You poked, I holler brighter. % I want to grab you by the collar: “So what about the duck Family in the creek?”’ You saw their fragility And to you they then did speak Those secrets that we whisper in each others ears But I'm hoping and praying she's not in category #3, Because if she is, then it's just ’ more depression for me. A To cast a spell on the burning soil ee ee Rip up the earth Carwl into our little darkened shelter All life is nothing Under a candlelight And give birth. To hang on a cross The world will die slowly An exquisite shock As the protons and atoms Inhabit your mind Don't try to hide it cos Life is unkind, my friend So freeze the portrait there The door, we never built a door Safe together can we sit? All red-eyed, bleary, crying on the floor With his large wings around me like arms “Richard Cousins The fate of the world . : I confess there is no luncheon date enacin thereabaes Indian Princess Over Porpoise Bay Ebi ya See While senile old men : Twice again Have their hands on the trigger slip away Thicd a running And the gaps in their reason slip away wild Get bigger and bigger wind yourself wicked ‘ It comes to a point in water and lace Through the Big Gate. But when does it end? and leave your lover In peace or in death? behind Lara Klymasz Never, my friend. } ‘ Matt write a poem for me The crowds are embellished wash away rivers . . With preachers and mourners wash away friends its when I search for a word Their words are too slick like a layer of oil with boots on All rounded, no corners. that clings to the wick compass thesaurus They say they take orders and fire that licks it directly from God away obstacles contront me But I won't believe it Till I See the nod, my friend. by Matt Fisher dont touch me they leave me alone they know better than me “alone I never go" ’ Killing is basically Just human nature. God Ive reached inside my brain I guess I'm not human then. and wrenched the goblins flung them terribly gainst the wall by Dean MacPherson. laugh laugh laugh laugh “oh thats just the sound of their wings” Matt write a poem for me Im trying by Matt Fisher