X-FILES

H@s Mulder @lw@ys h@d @ {[5]o'clock} Sh@dow?

TR@NSFOOTED

for Geo Perreault

I've walked a west suburban (MA) B@y mall mile
in black & brown ROCKPORT Walkers,
brown ECCO & black MEPHISTO sandals
in Norcal's Great Mall of the (S.F.) B@Y,
& now in grey-blue SKECHERS Relaxed Fit,
gel-infused memory foam in Santa Clara.
Where & how will I next B@y transfooted?

~Bill

(V V Santa Clara CA 21 jan 16)v5

{NEWYE@R'S ##s}
To Eileen:

I have yet2adjust2living this f@r in2the 21st century,

remembering my dad died @ 64.5, mom @ 87 on 9/11/01.

(Sat, O2 JAN 16 8:39 a.m. PST  VV Santa Clara CA 95050)v4

TRUMPOLINI v9

TRUMPOLINI

for Peter Bates

Trump spouts
Mussolinian tirades against
breast-milk, blood, urine, sweat, 
spitting proof his pitifully inflated 
T R U M P O V E R S E 
attracts followers
believing he 
splutters
Truths.

(23 DEC 15, V V Santa Clara CA 95050)v.9
Poems-of-the-People # 1409

shortest nite

Shortest nite

On this

shortest

nite of

the yr,

other

R-cands.

cast lots
4 his

mop
&rug

as he
_______

on camera.

(21 DEC 15, V V, Santa Clara CA 95050)v.5

B@CK E@ST

for Carolyn
in Boston

B@ck E@st
where ice sp@rkles
on snowy b@ckgrounds,
every brightthing m@tters.
Here, uneven r@in f@ils us;
C@n U im@gine this?

Im@gine th@t!

(midDEC 2015, VV, Santa Clara CA 95050) V.2

slate-grey, foggy

slate-grey, foggy

sl@te-grey, foggy, 
mts. invisible, ground dry, 

under the rubric of drought.
I've lost 105 lbs. in 3+yrs;

my c@rdiologist s@ys I'll m@ke 99!
my fin@nce guy s@ys the s@me!

So y'm I so frightened?

(Santa Clara CAA, V V, 07 DEC 15)v6