Poem 101: Enter Bastard. Solus.

Wherefore base. Bastard? Base?
Spelled same:bass and bass
as in bass clef
and bass boaet

bass? bass?
which one am I saying:
one rhymes with face
while other rhymes with ass.

of course I know
it comes from the Latin
base
plus 'tard'

to be dealt with later
as in the art, or,ars, of.

I hope you're getting this.

bass plus tard: bastard
means 'begot in a saddle'

tis why I am alive:
so,
let copulation thrive

Poem XXXII: The Moons of Mars

PHOBOS and DEIMOS
the two small
misshapen moons of Mars
of Ares and Aphrodite
the offspring
busy little monster babies
horrible-eyed
their skulls always getting bashed in
by asteroids

PANIC and TERROR
they stay always at hand
bent on their orbit
always cutting their busy path
through bloody battle
at their father's feet
the war-god
Ares

you can tell
the mother left their raising to him