Ed & Death in Bed @ The Brown Stone B&B
South End / Back Bay Neighborhood






THE EXQUISITE CORSPE EXCHANGE – A Surrealist Poetry Game


SMALL, PATHETIC & DRY
(or My Neighbor of Cobblestone)

My neighbor, moving and tossing, in sleep
Ice blows sideways, hot juice, inside

His eye sockets are dark and sunken.
Somewhere a small animal has a broken leg.

In October again… plump, slower, ancient
Boy cantaloupe in rest… pieces of corn and dry leaves

Burn inside his body, swelling & heating his manhood
Penetrates his lust, his hidden secret.

Emerges [secret] in every tepid pint of liquor
Celebrating life, future joy dipped in semi-sweet pain

The union made is parents happy,
But his sister, laughing knew

That cupping warm walnuts keeps comfort
From ghouls in hanging jackets

Javier & Amberlyn decided to become
Sex workers in the red light of cobblestone.

--Boston, MA October 29, 2006