1

I forgot how much I've missed her.  How long has it been?  The slippery road?  The end of the world?  A beating of wings and she's gone. . .

2

But I know her, I've always known her, watched her lick salt off the rim of a margarita glass, seen her float up around the ceiling fan.

oh my

oh my eye,
i do so hate
to see the dancers pixi l l l ate
but still they try to entertain
with those stray parts that do remain
oh my, i i i

 

Redacted

When you went silent, I went blank—in blank
who'd ever notice you (...who?) were gone.

 

Lighting Up

So dark you'd never know there was a beach
'Cept now and then a wave lights a cigar.

 

Parallel Parking My Brain

squashing my mind into business casual, do i back up my thoughts and parallel park? or circle them around the block?

if only i could circle out to a wilderness park and lay my poor brain down, parallel to the ground. without a seatbelt.

 

asking

feeling for the edge
to be sure i am still—where?
...my fingers slip

(for Revel Paul)

 

Secret Seasons

I

steel buildings in bloom . . . hidden
blossoms scrape the sky
don't tell the
others

II

how they pollinate, opening
their windows in
industrial
parks

III

trying to turn gold, combusting
falling, dropping
clandestine
seeds

IV

by the steel plant - a secret
city of flowers
whispers into
snow

 

Elegy in the Sand

why did she have to put shoes on, go walking on, out where the tide sank
so low
her footsteps would drown down for
no one