BLACK LEVELS OF SKIRT

Then come CURRENT in the
black levels of skirt
He was radioactive under RAIN
He saw the crystals dazzling unzipped
Then  up behind rusted SKY
cut flaming whirlpools
and There shoes came simply
with THE cheese in mountain

The disorder radiating was the one Cast from finger
plastic error attacked another SHADOW
Just brown that went soaring and
caught a fountain and suddenly discovered
The sea of time and burning sea
floating garden in black letter boat

DUST PAN HANDS

Little master of however wakes still heart
the vigils of young women in a buildup of
immense violations, drifting sun of curtailed flames
finishes off shadows of blue milk
blue with laughing LAMBSKIN
the pillows boat in fluffy marsh
reverse nights be a science lately
if slave immediately gets in jail
unadorned key drives a surprised world
night of a thousand hearts drew these carbon windows

Village washed with sea
delicate child sucked feeble aspidistra after
deadly nightshade closed my undertow
turkey steps up with groaning crossroads
night raised every frailness
my eyes rising in little corner where
flaming saint floats in the fading light
runes descend in the night
one whiteness of nobody groans in the afternoons
with time pieces of glass upon the milky sea

CANDID CAMEL

Narcoleptic takes the steps
every letter places the sky last evening
that glittering glides on the child who wrote in flames
joyful students to time tassels
the crows of crossroads white as soap
unhinged doll needs the pokes
vanilla blooms and road hornets
encloses noises in my tobacco flakes
further flames painted on silver grass

The happy peacock's cool comments
red breasted feather girl at my tables
carpeted butter of the sun countries
long crepe of phantom sphinx
east of cracking ember
the gas immolated you
baited boars gaze at small eye knobs
they labeled herring with moody truths
boulevards filled with clouds

Gregory Wallace has been making art of various kinds for at least 50 years. He was active in the mail art scene in the 80s and participated in international mail art exhibits and correspondence. Mr. Wallace was a founding editor of Oblivion magazine and has published several books of poetry including The Girl With Seven Hands, The Return of the Cyclades, and Exile and Kingdom Come. His artistic activity encompasses poetry, collage, sculpture, assemblage, photography and painting. His work has appeared in Typo, BlazeVox, #Ranger, Black Scat Review, Clockwise Cat, and other journals.