George Mattingly

 

Nostalgia For The Future

 

Life's just a vast radar
which I mostly go right through
barely able to tell myself
from the information that seizes me.


Gravity Kiss Ashtray

 

The energy that unzips my pants
snows over the moon & garbles
every country music station on the dial
so people are born differently.


The break in the weather:
sealed with a kiss.
The juice:
pulled through copper wire & confused


in the form of light
blowing dust
off the beer


in the hands of an angel.