richard ilnicki Poems

In light of eternity,
that incomprehensible stretch
and impossible grasp,
life is short,
...

She awoke this morning
bright and glorious
and somehow beautifully curious
...

Eventually she burned them
from the inside out
roasting their vital organs
on a spit.
...

Down on my knees
I attempt to get as low
as I can go.
This position, however,
...

What if you were to swallow everything
that had been set before you
questioning nothing,
a subservient boot licker
...

There she is again,
only this time
she is in the land of shopping,
a familiar geography
...

A mistake has been made.
It was a big one,
but perhaps
it could have been much bigger.
...

Having been painted
into a colorful dream
with rainbows drawn by God,
I arise exhuberant
...

With the kinetic force of a nine pound sledge
she strikes my chest. This sudden blow from nowhere
against my protective ribcage
fractures my thought processes.
...

Two hayseed people
down on the farm
hidden behind the haystacks and the chicken coop
milking squirting cow teats,
...