Monthly Archives: April 2019

Air for the End of April

Air for the End of April   The flowers spray color from the field Where half the world will have to Yield to spring   Everything is bursting Everything is back to the first thing   The thing we almost forgot … Continue reading

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The Dress Has A Note On It

The Dress Has a Note On It   As you feel the stun of the bright day Through the hospital window You look past the tubes and plastic And feel all the ways your heart has become Elastic with fear … Continue reading

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Still Life

Still Life   The picture is upside down Framed by wood, not by magic Abstract now, comic Tragic As mortal as the hand that paints The curtain where the woman faints Reveals the witness To the border that decides perception … Continue reading

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When I Do

When I Do   Mor-Mor warmed up the pie And served it à la mode I can still smell it now And the coffee That overflowed the white, small cup When she poured the cream in   The past is … Continue reading

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Pink Noise

Pink Noise   I don’t know why I hurt myself Sometimes it just seems like the best solution A way to find something new Or let go of something old When I’m so sorry I ever told you What wasn’t … Continue reading

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Clouds Across Time

Clouds Across Time   You are The one who will go Thrown far As a pillow of clouds Moved by the wind Where tomorrow might Begin again   We have No need for the horizon Sometimes The bridges are surprising … Continue reading

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The Green Bowl

The Green Bowl   That girl sings like a desert creature Dry and howling Forever prowling for ghosts and bone There is an ancient tone Rising like a desert mountain A sandy fountain of dust and memory A world descended … Continue reading

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Journal Page

Journal Page   Did God invent us Because he likes stories Or because he likes jokes The wheel of the earth Turns around its hidden spokes Perfect orbit, perfect angle Perfect distance from the sun How did we get so … Continue reading

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The Vigil

The Vigil   I am the promise you have broken I am the vow you have never spoken I am the one true story you cannot revoke And as you sing your silence to the silence that will follow I … Continue reading

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Flower Fruit

Flower Fruit   Here in the heart of the conduit Where I put the past behind me I take my own life in stock So I can move on with it, lock and key   I keep all of it … Continue reading

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