Brian Engel
	bleed me another poem
		in this shadow of
			Allen Ginsburg's
				passing
Into the necrophiliac's
	paradise
		we'll miss you both
If you become
	a ripple in the
		sludge of post
			acquaintance
Fading
Puzzle
	me
		with the muscle
			of incredulity
				that you drained
From your favorite
	gutter on the border
		betwixt The Cities
			languishing
				in a fit of
					petulance
Suck all those
	urban berries
		gathered in the crotch
			of a rusty pipe
Beggin' for a handout
	from the curious
		nurtured
			in the
				mediocrity
Of a Minnesota
	mystery
Let your feet
	find a place
		to blend within
			the smog

(c) 1997 James Oliver Smith, Jr

(c) 1997 James Oliver Smith, Jr






Brian Engels is a great young beat-style poet here in the Twin Cities
who announced this pasts Monday (4/7/97) at Kieran's Irish Pub that he is 
movin' to Chicago to check out the poetry scene there. Watch for him in the
future, he's gonna be there. This is my tribute to him.