taboo

taboo

Time Machine Morning swam up from the bottom of night seas Burning clouds wound around dawn’s yawning arms I stole a swift drink of coral bracelets From grandmother’s jewelry box –Robert Lee Haycock     Labia-Ache What you say began as...
iridescence

iridescence

Sister Mercy trembling I would watch Sister Mercy’s weathered hands work the soil in the convent garden I would hide half behind the bird bath till the stark white of my anklet among green weeds would confess my presence Hello child was all she’d say the smile in her...
crapulous

crapulous

Crapulous Each day on my way home I stops At one of the neighborhood shops Although they’re quite dear I’m addicted I fear To pig’s feet and peppermint schnapps –Robert Lee Haycock My Two Week Rule I remember it like it was yesterday, even...
auspicious

auspicious

augury Three species of hawk wheeling Sunwise over nave and apse Tell the augurs that I would Have them take these auspices –Robert Lee Haycock   I remember exactly where I was when I learned the word auspicious. I was walking a loop in town, a popular...
hoiti-toiti

hoiti-toiti

Origin and Etymology of hoity–toity: rhyming compound from English dialect hoit: “to play the fool”. First Known Use: 1668  Defending Eliza I have hated her for decades. She has been a pernicious abomination on both memory and psyche. How dare she speak...