you enthrall us, one and all



thin slab of conch shell,

strapped or hand free
ear-pack,

friendly fly
hooking lips to lips of
need and desire,

electric head-thong,

plastic hive awing
close as pollen
clutching legs,

unseen knife
slicing through
the downbeat,

bone and steel wrecker
careless
as weal-wrecking Hrothgar,

crass agent of discord,

echolalia across great lakes
of purses,

commander in chief
of mind forces,

snapping must
snapping now
in two,

warm sip
in freezing rain,

connecting disconnect,

monster-of-boredom
slayer,

crutch of what next,

wand of this-ease:
my bank is
their bank
my world is
their world
my food is
their food,
ready or not,

hummingbird of wish,
cheetah of thought,

index of restlessness,

take out order
sweet & sour.



John Kryder


Poems