Jonathan Rentler
hands free steering
kept \’kept \;
verb of transitory nature
the gospel
according to Merr-
i.am.webster:
the past
of retention
of ones
possession
or power
skimsterz beware
for words
barb-wire minds
tissue pink
tearitories easily
parcelled off
supreamy
(rhymes with creamy)
civilizaich
(a sound like the forever a of ache)
dribbling off
your fly
a way is exit
before midnight chimes
for time’s keeper
is nobody
carriages swerve & squash
passengers, coachmen
pulped
all balls must end
wilted & soft
the bellies of bouquets
disregarded
till swept asunder
forget-you-not
midknights,
for the gold of your armor
is simply hay-spun
by goblin magik
till 12:01
when all is done
& i hope none
have gobbled up
your bread crumb
trail
Jonathan Rentler is the author of the chapbook Times Square Words# 1 (Yonkers International Press/Blurb 2017). His work has appeared in LOLA, Babbling of the Irrational, Fickle Muses, I-70, Ganymede, Unlikely Stories 2.0, and Midnight Muse.
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