the poem below is the 1st. i've written in quite some time.
if anyone would have the time to let me know if they like it and what it says to them i'd be grateful. i submitted it to my group for c&c (comments and critique) but i'd also love to have any input here. thanks













cherry or strawberry?



like
nailing jello to a tree
thought about that on and

off most of last night

like
nailing
jello

i suppose you could cheat and nail the box but that's
really
not
like nailing that wiggling mass up good
and
secure-like




OR you could not stir it up real good
so it gets that
nasty
slick neon
skin

that might hold
but would it be fair? i mean while
every one's saying that such and such is like
trying to sort of crucify a
cheap
dessert
to a tree



you'd be laughing.



i thought about that
on and off all last night
with the
nails
in
my fist