Beautiful Habit

(for Ed and Jenny) greetings as the door opened ticking please listen to this food alone for all the f.b.i. will continue maybe you dozed off i hung by that phone all night suppose he talks * vida later aria * once upon a time not looking for any thing * you’re on your own it’s off it’s on * perhaps it means ragged like that golda my-yeer pre-meer * and pour the old box down a drain * too  much news said the news * r e  o l e * it’s us or rust listener * deep personal regret looking up monday * we can save your head or your body we can shave * even his admission is a subtle lie * in suspense what is cut into the smallest of the * grinding to fill a prescription * drum to the wobble and a roll on the sea come to mind an article of light distance through distance unfinished * piano * willing to believe * national anthem hearer * perfect rhyme to some all cars kept in doors * sophisticated newsmen show how it could have been * retreat from the swiss legation * numbers for an event * corruption why not? * infinite detail is no more real * thought against power * answer it * hooked to just another piece of tape hooked to just one more little piece of tape * through words in to no record * writer righter riter * am: i on replay? * all you do is expand the system * a polaroid of la with the wrong voice print * astronaut amazed at what was expected