Poems by Ray Heinrich

As we came in to work last week we found the floor of our office
(all 17 cubicles of it) so cov...

dreaming of home towns
near warm coasts
where they used to drill for oil
and it seems to be la...

Living a bit west of washington d.c.
has nothing to do with my finally
having gotten a real jo...

so which side of the joke
happened to land where?
you were in the next room
and i was in here
...

again my aunt dot was an alcoholic but what could she do in the days before lithium...

i was joining jesus to his cross
using galvanized 6 inch decking screws
and the cordless drill
...

(stolen from email) i run into a store to hide
and i see a man
holding a dead child
and the...

(parts stolen from WWII letters) so we decided
i guess it was the right time to decide
the ri...

the balcony is smoldering
but not empty
for there they are
an audience turned actors
their bo...

on saturday
in the basement
opening
the door to the furnace room
fwuump
(the sound of a sna...

someday and while it could be today it probably isn't
(not even tomorrow)
so here we are...

your hat
oh that hat of yours
i can see that hat
and your hand
taking it off
and all you...