four old poems and two new words

anaxiphilia
n. the act of falling in love with the wrong person

I heard once you could eat roses,
when I was a kid, but to me
they just tasted like soap.

thin as a starved cat,
my aunt, eating almonds
"for her health."

i love you allen ginsberg
crackpot buddha
few spokes short of a prayer wheel

port cities are the freest cities
ideas float in like barrels of spice

cacozelia
n. the use of rare or foreign words to appear learned