Thursday, May 14, 2026

Jeffry Jensen


ON THE JELLY SIDE OF SLOPPY


my bellybutton is jelly punchy hotcakes

on the boardwalk with fish heads floundering

at the bottom of the stairs one eye winking

nod double knot speaking of milk

and the memory of the early years in rivers

with major bears doing curly claws on the backside

posterity is one flail short of progress

minutes doing their best impression blinking

I'm the anonymous thrasher in an astronomical loop

the principle of participation is lunar layaway

migrating out of the neighborhood and into fire

trailing embers and embracing the genetic unknown

I pretend to play Captain Hook with a fever

running the hose to flood the busy flower garden

granny plays biosphere bingo with the library crowd

propulsion on a large scale goes beyond annoyance

equations that stagger the universe become

a blanket for new bouncy babies



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