poems || Steve Dalachinsky

conversations w/marvin #13


on the corner of bdway & mars
across from the church of
TIME SQUARED
( & stardust )
where all the fabulous solidifying
of truthes
occurs
between the late/weights & doning
& sighing & singing
& waiting aftshaft for dinner
marvin graced w/lots of questions
looked absently up at the billboards
read & quietly proclaimed:

" i wouldn't mind if somebody stole my identity."

steve dalachinsky nyc times square  8/18/06



conversations w/marvin # 14


marvin & i went for a dip
in the community pool
as the sky over  cast
itself
& one kid kicked the other in the eye
leaning against the pool's side
feeling the water rush in
i heard marvin babble some unutterable muttering

wha' ya say? - i stumbled

"nothing" - he wetly declared - " i was talking to myself
                                                           because i'm
such a lucky person."


steve dalachinsky nyc carmine st pool   8/17/06


Subject: conversations w/marvin 1  (  for  d.w. & j.b. )


marvin, i say to him,you know the poem's dead -
he's too busy sitting in a shady corner
(one shoe off)
counting his money

it's 7 .pm.
everyone seems to be packing up
for the day
tho there's at least an hr. of sunlight
left.

steve dalachinsky  nyc 7/06
Subject: Fw: tuna Melt   conversations with marvin 2  for jmb


 listen marvin,
 i said
 tunaMelts'
 not the thing you should be eating-
 bent, sheer headed
 streaming ,petrified brief
 mister marvin burnt the dainty
 fly master & replied,
 skull cupped -
 yes i
 no

                   dalachinsky after bennett   6/1/6
  
Subject: Fw: conversations w/marvin 3 for dw again & sb


marvin sighed -
i'm tired of waiting
lad - give me the dough
so i  can
go
the patriarch of clutttering
where i began my clocking
career
called me a complete idiot
because i'd been trained to call
a thing a thing
rather than the
"shots"
he asked for

so i got tired of waiting for the dot
like now
so please can i go(t)..


steve dalchinsky nyc 6/3/06