Monica the new book of names of 22

Smoking a lucky star, chasing numbers, going out the door ajar, the same calendar, my sister says 'i wonder', she's a great heart, then she bought a car, near the Rotunda, should have seen her park, right from the start, so bewildered, she floors the tar, all in tears our Ma, ten years later, can still hear your laughter, the steppes to me Da, grateful to be a juggler, under oranges in a barn, love forever hungers.

One Two Nine

When you wave ta ra, it sometimes makes me shiver, i die at the bar, then you say you fool and gave a little quiver I'll be back soon what you tell is rotten, stories of ports and rivers, from your battered car, your image's just a spool, tales all delivered, bottles, tar, tidal wool, a bravura from afar, between passage as my lover, left as a reminder scar, to forget me when i drool, for somewhere a tide remembered, when you drain the pool, trust the lands of la la, or say love’s your ember, Santa Fe, Kobe, Antofagasta, somewhere you'll go under.

One Two Eight

Don't leave with someone else, from this house of killers, telling lies seal your debts, will you spell out why, you are at your limit, can't even face the sky, have me lie re credit, leavened of my spirit, perish that awful test, to be like a child, bones of saints for relics, left untended enlightened, loved only by my friends, a course in middle distance, while my tears are spent, hear a blessing in my cry, show concern at every instant, escape by a flash of sight, rejoice with hidden incense, take decisions teeth gritted, thank me for your absence, go away this minute.

One Two Seven

Here's the question, why on a secret phone, you don't hear my request, if there's no case, to your creaking bones, why walk away, you suffer whispers, in hushed magenta tones, yet lightly still trespass, don't blame me, for taking the loans, i'm the one that's steady, why are you like this, flushed as a trombone, to escape their insouciance, your voice sounds great, no one really condones, a quiet line of hate, be careful at inquests, a face blue as bone, unknown bitter cigarettes, you smoke as your own.

One Two Six

You consider my duress, and want me for your needs, spit saliva at the crest. what is it you do, when you're ill at ease, do you hail a tribune, children left without success, this office is your creed, you only crave excess, sobbing with fake news, power is your creed, across this shining avenue, my dreams struggle to confess, of wine dark waters deep, pray sometimes for a rest, you want no excuse, to see the wounds of history, a turtled mound of refuse, this water is far too fresh, to bathe and drink all evening, love me like the best, let me taste the sea.

One Twenty Five

God is my breakfast test, summer within a lover's storm, don't i feel blessed, smiling dangerously, with her failing lymphoma, the troubles start with me, howling with tremendous zest, her complaints grow enormous, like some ferocious beast, she’s a lightning seed, for horrors that are brightly worn, her own epiphany, please give it a rest, this thunderous performance, i'm not at my best, before even Dejeuner, music rises like a claw, a fist inside says serendipity, is this the palimpest, to act like never born, my own litmus test, we dance around the floor.

One Two Four

My vision comes too late, not so easy to squeeze, what I need to say, you boil at my thunder, exploding like a tree, lost in luck or numbers, you'll find out one day, if you let me keep, plans you’ve thrown away, a life uncluttered, my insides screech, who needs love, I'm not cut out this way, for a cowards retreat, or bound fast to the day, it makes you wonder, stones, graves, wreaths, who splits who asunder, memories of your face, are not there to please, the perfume of your gait, steals away from me.