sometime between 1991 and 1996
a poem for younger readers from my hypertext novel axel-and-alice
Scary baby
my eye gleams in its glass jar staring
a strong man pulls the knife from my head
the hungry bread swells in my abdomen
my mouth fills with blood
my blind skin trembles
a blue change comes over me
insects crawl in my ears
cellos scream in the city then slide away
coffins rise in the sea
trees sprout from mirrors
balloons sail like giants at high tide in the evening