Selected Poems II



     

Norman Fischer








Amen



some bones
about it

.

so then the
piece seem to
fit into
a picture
that would be in
complete
with
out it

.

then there were
bird
sound like, say,
"cheep"

.

the negative
seem   to  spin
it      in       the
opposite
direction

.

it's hardly
what you
would   have .

prisoners of
nomenclature

.

yes, this is
the background

.


occupy space
relegate time

.

oh  how
this bunch
of pine needles
smells like

.

I wondered about
your why but guess

I'm not that
slowly to be certain
of next to
anything such as "here
you are," anyway ?

.

Burst your bun
I meant to say
eating on the run
the worst flavor
in the mind's, well,
I wonder can you feel it?

.

tastes like the one
they
"peach" can you
in that
ghost-taste ?

. 

harrowing, really
why al
ready in
compatible but
so very obvious

.

there's a false
cheer
full
ness in tone
or expression
yet status of
"false"
uncer  tain

.

under  a  bus
as they
say

.

metaphor - carried
a
cross , well
perception
does seem
con
vincing after
all 

.

all   here  and
there
hanging in
space sus
pended or
pected

.

a
lass
a
lack
a
men

*





How long it lasts


Hi
Chris
lot
of 
family
in a 
small 
space
,
all 
doing
what
needs 
to be
done.
Lori
weak,
but
cogni
zant.
Hard 
to say
how
long
this
might
go
William's
family
arrivin
g this
week.
cousi
n Alan
and
Virgini
a and
Jenin
e
leaving
g
today and
tomor-
row.
Friend
s
starte
d
arrivin
g
yester
day
and
Lori
has
been
remar
kably
prese
nt
with
them,
giving
warm 
greeti
ngs
and 
smiles
.
Very
touchi
n g.
Love
to  all
for 
many
good
wishe
s.
XO
Meg
sent 
from
my 
ipad

.

no longer combustable this meat arranges and
breathing device you got there
won't go away no matter how many 
		ironmongers you greet
me with.      spot on the icicles
you'll grow more forceful as
				you demand more
airtime for your dinner.    this is
the largest aquarium I could
						find
Neither a bicycle wheel nor a
		urinal so touching
to enter your world

.

why're you coming & going, going & coming
all over the place all of the time?
Rolling on toward what boffo
			conclusion ?
I find my hair - and here's the point -
as long as you don't sleep or slip into
	the usual revery
Deliver the goods, deliver the goods, down 
			to Granny's place we go
Back up again to Sam's then Harry 
		appears again
[Though that was in the last reel]
And Sam's locked out of the
	wished-for junk detector
And a doctor hammers home 
	the point which is ?

.

Downtrodden in the city and sad oh
	so sad and
just as serious too.    But something
redeems the ghost in the
			pudding anyhoo
How the dollop rehearse the
	bard's clouds in the
		morning
How the shoe pinch, the dark 
			of the night define 

.

cancer, she wants to know; never
mind what your sister says!")
drove ten hours to doctor &
back (Miriam now too weak 
to do this alone) & comes home
to tell me all about it, &
then, to my astonishment (figured 
she'd be
thoroughly exhausted) wants to make
love: life is short, we're lucky
to have each other, who knows
how long it lasts?