wedding song (for Elke & Clint, their union)

I dreamt I saw al ginsberg
he was climbing down that tree you know the tree
climbing down the tree
naked as a baby
beckoning to me
billy babe says he
please pass these words
pass these words on for me:
kindness is the poem
can you finish it
what kind are you
all one of a kind
kindness provokes
kindness spills over
kindness returns plenty
kind and kinder
unkindness echoes
boomboomerangs
kindness is a few words
before kiss
in the dictionary
read slowly
if you don't get the kiss
before you finish 

zonko

Mayqueen's Dead, Long Live The Mayqueen

a kid's king no kidding he stood where no one stood
where no one should
he stood the taste of time
he understood
he didn't want to understand
he wanted to overstand
like his prosecutors overstood
pissing off the smartypants
and the too cute by half
the disingenuous the conniving
the craven and corrupt

zonko

MAMA

thanks for the swallowtail,
thanks for the smell of the species iris
thanks for the lilac's attack
thanks for the ears
that hear the heron's hoarse compleynt,
the raptors' whistles the loons' hilarity,
thanks for the lips whispering thanks for the tongue
thanks for the kicks thanks for the kisser
and thanks for the nose that brings me back
to the herb and the rose thanks for the womb
thanks for the fingers thanks for the toes
thanks for the coming and going
thanks for teeth chatterin ice cool life

Zonko

Alpha Byte

bark
bang
banned
bard


can't
call
cancun
cancelled
canzone


dig
para
digm


each
easy
entr
existence


friend
frequently
fried
friend


growl
grown now
grunting
guesses


honest
honey
hump
hunger


if
id
is
in
it
idiot


jack
jolts
juicey
luce


kake
kiss
kommen
komrade


late
lift
light
list

zonko (sometime, 1987-1990)