Harryette Mullen Muse & Drudge transom

dances with death, instruments------movie theater
dates spoiled and dusty/ bubble gum--------management
foil packets------extra Parmesan cheese
old wet sunk fun------I spent my time on your

black and blue, maples---------Gerald, Gerald
in wind, don’t change change dynamics--------slow, allargando
there are tired rings---------green rigs
eloping your waists and fingers------eloping your skinny skin

a body addressed-----------pumpkin -headed
‘dark-eyed flower’-----------Persephonistic
will you be my Austin Powers----------oh, dear
and lick me an envelope, please, dear---------dear, dear

poisoned lipstick----------cuttlefish monkfish
she fell for it----inky
red and red-----over again
muse music-------musk trunk it

themed sex-for-hire--------roil
rain on, angels!-------badger
body as instrument, breath has song-------lier
and tyres so quickly, so long-------wrong

first stanza sugared, a baking-------at stake
limped and tagged, a guitar------plucked fingers
razzing and riffing------oh, body of light remembered
gripping my lemonade strawside-----------innocence remembered

dost interest----------oh alphabetic enumerance
rhythm central, can I take off with you,------lyrical impulse, Gross, man
lift?-----------art
artifice----------tartly

‘dried millet a sign of hospitality’-----I offer wine
don’t be nervous, we’re---------together, open relationship-wise
right/ here----------cleft
here and there and here and there-------like etymological

a wedding---------bandied about
of rain and red--------like Mary Gaitskill
of body and head------where video
of ear and heart-------where video

three, then one good to worse---------bring my bladder its ken
there were three of us----------sleeping naked
two of us had cats to heal----------I’ll break your mullet
heel, lady, let us through and by-------wallet, whaling heart

constellations heal-----------oh blindness
their whitenesses against the sky-----glow-in-the-dark intersection
they are the abominations------a greening lily
against pure sky-----------my lily has become a night

pigfeet litany-------I attempt gusto
they taste great---------rage
sour my mouth----------to verbly inflect
with pumpkins---------new associations

reach back---------hang on , man
marginal limit-----------greening solder
you’re stuck, soldier---------green
singing----------singing, singing, sung

scalping----------here comes my mitt of blood
wine grapes’ blood----------and vinegar
they’re tried -----------tell me you don’t like pomegranates
so true-----------so true

origin so beloved and full, articulated large-----words are little diamonds
in clay skeins, grey-brown water stains----------I can tell you’ve been up for hours
slip silent, slick, wet rips-------------my blog has tens of thousangels
‘dense fabric that obeys its own logic’-----------I recreate your mnenosmoe

my hair bought grace------curling iron
honey slug wine tastes-------tell me how you take that
comb fleas please-----I’ll say anything
and open up to me----anti, ainit

whiting skin sours one------these colors serrate
the plural of mouse is meese-------oh boogladay
and please--------pleases pleases
the interest of stallions---------stallions snort rare silver transparence

typecast locked CAPS---------num lock boring
there were letter, alright----------tell me different
they were tearing through the night-----sell me water
on their way to day-----things to drift in

rolling a night, breaking or broken----ecstastic intention
and wrecked like junkies-----oh, past is past
on heroin----------like anything else could be addiction
pot pie dreams scallioned---------what are you wanting to eat there

oral sex junkie-----cum face lily tiger
pie crust scissors, ladles------oh and the nose hair
made raw honey-----ostentatious
and flours----having words listed is empowering, I want it

sun and wine------sublime time
win red shine--------orange lime
thin red line--------just in thin
it’s time------------trimmylineate

a women barren, peace allotted by piece----greek
she pees on the peas----------french greek
she sees seeping -----fenugreek
please sleep------leeks

smart spelled unvoweled---------wormtail dungeonsex
sly rhymes tricky me---------your name was khalid
crows in moonlight-------I know it was a mistake to call me
sound black------this is why I don’t keep phones or numbers close

married or marred--------marigold and their predecessors
across thin lines--------wed the line
tight bits------------constrains me
no small shits---------plural moonings

machines and needles needed kneading----------on gripping sinkface
the dust pins me----------oh, so gravid
into allegory-------------loud gorged penis
I’m sin--------------look head too hard

‘end of story morning-glory’------------oh, pic
your love is white-------why is it so serrating
but I am not-------maybe not intentionally
hates off to you-----------jumping bean flan

articles of cultural lust---------whether bear
what isn’t free-----------beer is free for those
restraint never is------------paper plates
bottles pour what lacks butter------de basic Englisch

travel, slippers, children form secrets---------dough
then break them, shrieking---------we’re boyfriends now
spell me! spell me, dust!------------creation myth
nap on my hair--------------am I there

I’ll construct a new cabin for you--------carbonation
if you mean to me----------poker
speakers emitting memes--------okay, melon seeds’ description
building takes more skill than killing------------humm

who is the carpenter?------------not your effigy
solemn embouchures or-------french horn lips
hand-slap games----------whenin church kiss the deacon politely
rejected boy games’ correction---------fields from dancing

what’s your favorite----------ham
meal--------------what’s my favorite
‘churchy’----------response
that’s no answer-----------lef han tur o red

heroin/ blue/ phonemenal-----racing
I’m single and sun-filled---------your bought flute
shapes--------diamond frills
I will be-----------willing

green eyes lit---gargoyle distraction
full unslit-------want wandsout
she’s blonde ‘n friezed-------stout like frieze
don’t do-rag------the names for collage for artful treat

death bin-----------having bin German
comin’ around---------------essen, trinken, blinken, nod
I’ll ache through----------------the theme is desire
wool sweater---------------desire unmitigated

can’t you touch through-------you brought your backpack
I’m here, in here---------and your smile your east coast
der Spiel--------will it rouse itself
that first time----type, typo you used to date my roommmate

‘is his sis Isis’------------this has nothing to do with the cat
voyeuristic lip stuck----lips
on open------my eye
window--------is pigment

when I heard the dream I told it-----my name is steven
it had you in it too-----desire is wanting to name
and you were wearing my coat----rub your winter bunting
I love you-----------frenzy was so soporific

number four a tour------I brought myself to the front of carbon
virginal elocutions------no, hydrogen
driven through countries-----no, theaters
threat of cancer------------no, denial

embrace power----horace hears a whom
honest emblems------I’m refined
re-presentation unmarred INRI------because I heard Christ was a dolltoy
warning unbottled-----and believed

me to you and back; key-------------jump
figurine slum plump------sticker
stoles and stopwatches-----American Eastern Coastal English
arranged in time tight tipping---------I’ve lived here

white sin sheets----------white shit
smooth rubbin’------------stain white saint
exuberance not just suggested-------white satin
I’ve been home--------at most in New Orleans

anger at ex uneloquent-----------Latin derivatives, where
HALT-------would we be without you
writing in cock------create a shocktreat
‘mules and drugs’ exciteable chic-------bleat

god bold ‘ odd----------transformers, muskrats in
cosmological cosmetic---------disguise
skinny fragment-------what expectations are set up
bless ghosts, acts of death---------I don’t know who’s viewed me here

three unrefereed-----------try wrapping that in skin
intelligence, language framed-------nothing wet
female Messiah-------nothing wrapped
what comprises giving?-------nothing in boiling water

endwork------------------j countries
refer hat---------knip
scalpal monkey--------kippers, dodge
brain------snog my face off

aneurysm --------blood-brain barrier
superhero-----heroin blood grain blearier
flit star--------fit stander
orgasm’s jouissance----------!