disco is king by Mike Klumpp

disco is king when i was 7 they shot my president we were sent home from military school fear that our uniform might insight retaliation a haze of anger riots races reductions reproductions voices variances violence vengeance vietnam someone killed Continue reading disco is king by Mike Klumpp

my town (thank you, thornton wilder) by Mike Klumpp

my town (thank you, thornton wilder) EMILY: “Does anyone ever realize life while they live it…every, every minute?” STAGE MANAGER: “No. Saints and poets maybe…they do some.” ― Thornton Wilder, Our Town saints and poets? i have been both in Continue reading my town (thank you, thornton wilder) by Mike Klumpp

On the birthday of a fallen friend Alan Addotto by Mike Klumpp

on the birthday of a fallen friend Alan Addotto my other me (Ebabo – i saw you walking) Ebabo, sitting in the smoke of my ashes i saw you walking beneath my 4th floor window the day we lost you Continue reading On the birthday of a fallen friend Alan Addotto by Mike Klumpp

i know why ed gein loves me by Mike Klumpp

i know why ed gein loves me he does because i’m dead buries eye to the heavens sporting mirrors (touching rusty spoons) orgasmic reflecting all that is vast and endless i am ed gein’s widow his lover his mother his Continue reading i know why ed gein loves me by Mike Klumpp

Black Hollywood by Mike Klumpp

black hollywood (tribute at the death of a friend) sometimes the neverending ending song of songs of smiles and sadness is ending and not neverending the smiles do not loop the ends to not turn up nothing makes sense in Continue reading Black Hollywood by Mike Klumpp

Wrong Venue by Mike Klumpp

wrong venue there is honesty and tenderness in the gay beast beauty in the struggle to be gaston to love gaston but in a public eye the wrong venue a child’s suggestion the beast becomes the audience nothing “gay” just Continue reading Wrong Venue by Mike Klumpp