steve dalachinsky

when hello can be ugly
(partially lifted - from - b.g. @st. marks church - 4/26/08)


when hello can be ugly
a false step at the summit
a hiss of pure logic
an awakening from the underworld
the way an impatient customer
tries to ensnare the waiter
(get his attention)
for another glass of wine
at an outdoor table
of a cafe
fat slobby
(must remain politically correct here)
blank blank of a customer
a bit swishy
like a bad translation
1 bed 2 beds or a double bed
HELLo
he said stuck in the dark elevator
not like wisteria symmetrically covering
the blding's facade
thick smelling
powerful purple growth
crossing the roof
getting lost within the fat
the architecture of tunnel or forest
as ugly as a husky bumb
the way answering the telephone sometimes
H- E- L- L- O
the way lender addresses borrower
HELLLLLLLLO
do you remember that you owe?
or hell is low as sabir would say
H E L L O
as the wrist watch stops
and the indiscriminate meeting on the
staircase
half up or half down
disarming one's manner of speech
or trying not to see whos' coming down the street
at you
right now in front of you &
passing you
composite defined speech
can hello be said ugly in sign language
* # @ ^^^^%?
unsparing caresses / HELLO
OH Hell
in a small room
shuffling about all 5 senses
leaving out the pleasantries
that's when
HELLO can be UGLY!


steve dalachinsky nyc