Undrunk
UNDRUNK
Is how
I prefer
you.
I’m just
saying.
Nothing
more than
that,
my dear.
This is
no judgment.
Nor, god
knows, an
argument.
We, too, after
all,
were
intoxicated
with our
usual
emendation.
It’s the
sloppy talk
that makes me
want to slouch
outside in
streetlamp calm.
Fixing on
the crescent moon.
Its mouth agape
transfixed by Venus,
a pale fire flickering
the darkling heaven.
from “What I Meant to Say,” by Cardinal Crowe (The WestVirginiaVille Press)
Out of nothing
Something from Nothing
I want to see
if it is possible
to be a
nobody
from nowhere.
Creating something
out of nothing
for someone
who might be
anywhere.
~ the cardinal of crowes
A-OK Poetry
The Difference
+++
There’s a difference between
people who do things
and people who
don’t.
The difference is
people who
do things,
do
them.
People
who don’t,
don’t.
~ EPIGRAMMAR, Vol 2 | ‘Songs from the Other Side of the Street’
from “A Cardinal of Crows Reader” | The Spartan Eaglesburg Press, 2010
Can we just be coactive?

GET ALONG
(Synonyms for the word “cooperative” from thesaurus.com)
Agreeing, coacting, coactive, coadjuvant,
coefficient, collaborating, collaborative, collective,
collegial, collusive, combined, combining,
common, concerted, concurring, coordinated,
hand in glove, harmonious.
In league, interdependent, joining,
participating, reciprocal, shared, symbiotic,
uniting.

from “WHAT I MEANT WAS: A Cardinal of Crows Reader”
(forthcoming from {The WestVirginiaVille Press} in the Hamlet of WestVirginiaVille)
Society, These Days
+++
Society, These Days
‘Same as it ever was …” ~ David Byrne
Society
these days,
is no more
nor less
bloody cruel
than it
ever was.
This is either
cause for
concern
or
cause
for
hope.
~ The Cardinal of Crows
(from “A Cardinal of Crows Reader,” a forthcoming title from The MultiVerse Press Association)








