pollen count headache

for Jeffers

are we
the dna
of a planet
which will soon
miosis or mitosis?

we are not
like the dinosaurs
sheer material enough
to fuel
the energy needs
of a new
age.

where does our
brainpower go
when we have
disappeared?

what
thought-objects
are we creating
in other dimensions?

In My Language

you stole me
from my father's ship
and I did not protest
in fact,
I ached for every minute
I could imagine
of it.

I am shameful
all my relations
I betrayed
all my relations
for a red bearded brute
(marauding punk)

Sappho, you bitch
chew on this and laugh
as you roll around
in that grave of yours.

Steve Dalachinsky