the black dog settles on my chest;my heart thrums a gallows beatthrough open windowed dark—stars look away with each breathtrees exhale in moon-rushed exultation(if there is sleep, let sleep come;if there is dream, let dream overwash;if there is silence, let silence breakagainst the wall […]
Category: Poetry
2022-01-25
dancing but fallingfluid muscle memoryacross time & spacemoving but failingflailing we glidethrough each daya hundred thousandmisdirections ofleft feet firmin unbelief stridingsomewhere self-assured but wonderingthe worth of movementaround a sun steadilydimming despite ourhallelujahs & hosannahs
2022-01-24
every once & again when a sigh escapes & someone thinks you farted instead just own it & carry on carrying on
2022-01-21
whatever pigeons wantlet them have—which is to saysometimes giving upis the best optionespecially ifyou’re carrying aroundloaves of bread
2022-01-20
months long sunbreaks & slidesacross sky pan& the fog &funk rise togreet us inbeds split bysweat-slick sheets& look there’s not much tosay except sorryabout the garagedoor & heydid you everbuy any plums?
2021-07-10
babble babble babblebabble babble;babble babble babblebabble babble babble bab-ble babble babble babblebabble babble babble babblebabble . . . babble babblebabble babble
2021-07-09
swamp summer hip-highin minnow mud &frog scum, skyan open tearcrowded by shrub-top& tree-crown & conventthoughts caught on tonguein birdsong & chirrup& things left unsaidin untwinings & whatdid you expect?
2021-07-08
blessed bethe meekfor theyare quietas chuchmice nibblingblessed bethe poorfor in povertythey knowwant & kneadtheir dailybreadblessed bethe dyingfor theyare nearerto peaceblessed bethe thirstyfor theirdesire isnever quenchedblessed bethe youngfor theyare sparedfrom knowingblessed beyou whowonder foryour aweshall keepyou free
2021-07-07
sometimesall you cando is eat thedamned potato
2021-07-06
outside windowsvolleyballers pivotcrickets sidewalk leap
2021-07-05
party’s endthe last goodbyeechoes firefly air
2021-07-04
!skrowerif
2021-07-03
lawn mowing shoesgreen into summer—shirtless sweat sheen
2021-07-02
hum a little ditty:ladybugs flower flitripped screen flaps