Cracked Altimeter Volume 2 Joe Milford BlazeVOX [books] Buffalo, New York Cracked Altimeter by Joe Milford Copyright © 2008 Published by BlazeVOX [books] All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without the publisher’s written permission, except for brief quotations in reviews. Printed in the United States of America Book design by Geoffrey Gatza Ebook edition BlazeVOX [books] 14 Tremaine Ave Kenmore, NY 14217 [email protected] publisher of weird little books BlazeVOX [ books ] blazevox.org 2 4 6 8 0 9 7 5 3 1 Table of Contents theory of dealing with my girl........................................................................ 13 my torso bare under cotton sheets 2 a.m......................................................... 13 millions of lives............................................................................................. 14 machines for Venus from her crippled lover................................................... 15 your scars are my landmarks.......................................................................... 24 incest with a flower........................................................................................ 25 bad break-up.................................................................................................. 26 hunting harts and foxes.................................................................................. 26 when . ......................................................................................................... 28 it’s time for . .............................................................................................. 29 symbiotic relationship.................................................................................... 30 for Sande ....................................................................................................... 31 Venus and Sirius................................................................................................ 32 pimp love poem............................................................................................. 32 thanks............................................................................................................ 34 sleep will hold our hands ............................................................................... 36 you are back (with the Kama Sutra)............................................................... 37 sonnet to her (driving home).......................................................................... 38 AmensBrahminsPoemsOmens ....................................................................... 39 can’t even take a shower without the damn Universe ..................................... 42 gibberish........................................................................................................ 43 macrocosm/microcosm sketches .................................................................... 44 1 .................................................................................................................... 44 at the foot of an incomplete skyscraper, ......................................................... 44 on a green median.......................................................................................... 44 2 .................................................................................................................... 44 3 .................................................................................................................... 44 4 .................................................................................................................... 45 5 .................................................................................................................... 45 6 .................................................................................................................... 46 7 .................................................................................................................... 46 8 .................................................................................................................... 46 9 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17.................................................................................................................. 50 18.................................................................................................................. 50 19.................................................................................................................. 51 20.................................................................................................................. 51 under the signpost.......................................................................................... 52 jargon............................................................................................................ 52 back of ache .................................................................................................. 53 they didn’t shoot Doestoevsky....................................................................... 56 no accidents................................................................................................... 57 waiting for the skylift .................................................................................... 58 anthem .......................................................................................................... 59 holograms...................................................................................................... 61 II. .................................................................................................................. 63 III.................................................................................................................. 64 Astro Rant......................................................................................................... 66 NOTEBOOKS OF PRIAPUS PRIAPUS AND DEATH......................... 68 shadow bus.................................................................................................... 68 Is that Death? ................................................................................................ 68 when I met Lafitte ......................................................................................... 69 how to be torn apart by the everyday happily................................................. 70 greenhouse ruins............................................................................................ 71 the crossing and the crossing over.................................................................. 72 A soul trapped. .............................................................................................. 72 curse of the hood ornament............................................................................ 74 coming home................................................................................................. 74 at the end of poems........................................................................................ 77 Pandora’s cortex................................................................................................ 78 hey, aren’t you the Anti-Christ?......................................................................... 79 Jumping off the Pier.......................................................................................... 83 Opera House of the Star Field............................................................................ 84 Islands............................................................................................................... 86 Isle 1.............................................................................................................. 86 Isle 2.............................................................................................................. 86 Isle 3.............................................................................................................. 87 Isle 4.............................................................................................................. 87 Isle 5.............................................................................................................. 87 the quiet love of the inventor ......................................................................... 88 I began in the mailbox and ended where the yew ............................................... 88 By the Campfire ................................................................................................ 90 Ships in Bottles ................................................................................................