hands on the hips is the newest volume of the collected poems of Jhon Z. Baker, compiled from published and unpublished poems. This is poetry for the real, poetry for the people, poetry for the moment, poetry to satiate the needs, poetry of an American outlaw.

untitled (the sane)

The sane point fingersto keep themselves appearing saneto stay their definition
The glamorous point bejeweled fingersto keep their proportionsas the definition of beauty
Well, stop pointing yoursticky fingers at me
I will not obsess your definitions
I am comfortable in my own imbalance and deformed self