Three Poems by Doug Draime

               
                            Chant Twice On Any Moonlit River

It was the same as was it was the same the

Same as was it was the same as was is it

It was it was it was it is the it is it is the same

The thing it is it was it is it was it is it is it same

As it

A was there inside a was there inside the inside

Inside inside inside it was inside the same it is it

And it was there inside inside a was it is it too

There inside a was inside it it was as a same as

A same was

It was the same as was it was the same the

Same as was it was the same as was is it

It was it was it was it is the it is it is the same

The thing it is it was it is it was it is it is it same

As it

A was there inside a was there inside the inside

Inside inside inside it was inside the same it is it

And it was there inside inside a was it is it too

There inside a was inside it it was as a same as

A same was

It was the same as was it was the same the

Same as was it was the same as was is it

It was it was it was it is the it is it is the same

The thing it is it was it is it was it is it is it same

As it

A was there inside a was there inside the inside

Inside inside inside it was inside the same it is it

And it was there inside inside a was it is it too

There inside a was inside it it was as a same as

A same was

The Way The World Works

up

side

down

full

of

blood

with

no

plug

for

the

invisable

drain

bio-scopes:

part 237

fang he was

unsettled working

as a storm storming

(steel sleet

&

quick murders)

polluting all his

wars where it or

nothing was

behind

nothing

not even

fang who (with 2 black eyes)

never

had a

way with wars

when

he

died

fang i’m

sure

it was

wars with him

always unsettled

polluting

& wonder-

ing

why

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doug Draime has a full-length collection due out

from Interior Noise Press in 2012. A presence in the

underground literary movement for nearly five decades.

Most recent books in print include: Los Angeles Terminal:

Poems 1971-1980 (Covert Press) and Rock 'n Roll Jizz

(Propaganda Press ). Awarded small PEN grants in

1987, 1991, and 1992. Nominated for several Pushcart

Prizes in last few years. He lives in the foothills of Oregon.