levittown
 awakened by thunder
 a bearded madman
 in splatterpaint pajama top
 chasing kids
 down a cool morning
 kicking a garbage can
 belonging to no one
 ###
  
 like mother like son
 toking up
 holding holding holding
 remembering my mother sunning
 on the sands of miami beach
 you think its easy getting a tan
 ###
  
 queen of the may
 leafyviney is playing queen of the may
 center on the ledge shes getting all 
 the attention from the crowd below
 her entourage –
                                spikey-cactus-spiney
                    flower-cactus                 leafy-cactus
                                      and fernylacey
 who is making a play
 but squeezed in a corner
 leafyviney is still without real competition
 queen of the may
 ###
  
 the thing about  eating alone
 the thing about eating alone
 without radio or stereo or tv
 is the startling thrill 
 of that crunch of celery
 ###
  
 would you believe
 harrison the cockroach lives
 in my refrigerator
 there he was tonight
 sprawled frozen drunk
 on an egg  

Robert was one of Patrick’s dearest friends. Patrick saved this collection in a single file (probably captured from e-mail) so I’m posting it in the same way. The titles were originally underlined by I’m making them bold and italicized for clarity.

The titles were originally underlined by I’m making them bold and italicized for clarity.