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Benjamin “Biggers” Kane: Extortionist, Murderer, Bibliomancer.
Benjamin “Biggers” Kane:
Extortionist, Murderer, Bibliomancer.
(Interviewer’s Notes: As before, he smiles and I go cold.
But, as he speaks, his eyes are as afraid as mine.)
No one could ever know the lust I had
for hope. But Gilgamesh was dead and cold
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All Hallow’s City
All Hallow’s City
In the city of black steel
I met a well-meaning child
dressed as the devil, pretending
to fly. I’d call him a paper tiger
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At Breakfast
At Breakfast
(The Thundergod’s Daughter)
On television, the weatherman predicts
rain over L.A.
because last night I orgasmed
under Brad Pitt—
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Thinly Veiled, Young Man Comes to Me Seeking a Friendly Face
Thinly Veiled, Young Man Comes to Me Seeking a Friendly Face
(The Joker)
So I’m out and about one day
when this priest walks up to me and says,
“Beloved bard, my mother has died
and my father is ill and I’ve lost my faith.”
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