Day: May 7, 2023

seven devils bridgeseven devils bridge

Tetman Callis 0 Comments 5:08 pm

where am i in a world that goes only round and round

where am i under night-time helicopters
and every next-door dog at bark

where am i under hand claps just outside the bathroom window
and sounds of pistol fire from two-three blocks away

another helicopter flies over
september’s nights are too warm
spiders climb the walls

neighbor-boys play basketball and laugh is where they are

laughing and playing in a world that goes only round and round

(Published in High Street: Lawyers, Guns & Money in a Stoner’s New Mexico (2012, Outpost 19); copyright 2023 by Tetman Callis.)

anythinganything

Tetman Callis 0 Comments 5:57 am

i turn on the television while i roll my first joint.
markets are rising and falling.
the japanese are calling for calm.
the spa i summered in seasons ago has been destroyed by intelligent bombs.
the chinese are demanding revenge.
the vengeful are demanding chinese.
there’s cold carry-out in the refrigerator, on the bottom shelf.

i roll my second joint.
it’s another working day. anything could happen.

(Published in High Street: Lawyers, Guns & Money in a Stoner’s New Mexico (2012, Outpost 19); copyright 2023 by Tetman Callis.)

Tetman Callis 0 Comments 5:55 am

“The First World War was the moment when basically the countries which governed the planet—ruled the planet—decided to have a terrible war on the tiny bit of territory they were from, kill each other on the scale of millions and then tens of millions, and then see what would happen.” – Timothy Snyder, “The Making of Modern Ukraine: Republics and Revolutions”