Big Feet
a stair a misstep a frailer me floating in air surprised body free the moment awaits dancing in the nothing forever
a stair a misstep a frailer me floating in air surprised body free the moment awaits dancing in the nothing forever
Kay required me to be still hard as it was when I was little be still and listen when it rained and hear it in the trees, bending the leaves, darting off the cars. Making a soft splat on the sidewalk And sussurance in the grass. Not just the ordinance of thunder but the tremors… Continue reading Rain
without the shadow beauty cavils and retreats chiaroscuro kneeling on hassocks talk love, act like a cossacks put boys in hammocks so many dark eyes seen in Rome, evoking nothing without a future Pope took a hammer And knocked off their penises Yet still stuck smiling Ancient stone of Rome Attacked by a steady rain… Continue reading Haiku(s)
It’s a monster! With the rasping chatter of a Velicoraptor grasping clawing clawless with uncertain intent the opening curtain, certain in portent His roar in a tongue foreign commands unclear demands you dare not ignore bringing tribute to the gaping maw nosferatu’s eyes stare Gaping at his paw Feasting eyes devouring everything indulging the… Continue reading Monster
“You fail calling this eternal You’ve mistaken its strength It was mine, that moment The temporary terror Beauty The aged wood An ephemeral condition” Time flows backwards As we walk it not the woods We imagine the past and in imagining we make it untrue Vergessen. Ferguson It was true The sun danced… Continue reading Notes for Ferguson
My eyes fail Soon I won’t see you Your eyes will not dance with mine I won’t see the smile before it comes I won’t watch you skim words and think I hear you less and less The sound barely reaches my ears I know you are singing but I can’t make out the… Continue reading Assorted unpublished Poems