Thursday, September 24, 2020

and then there were none

 

to do

take numbers, we have the numbers

to cast doubt

on how she looks

what she's doing

where she came from

where she's going

how much she has

how much she lost

to build a fragile little

glass shell

invisible, indivisible

and then the flag will change

as flags have changed

from reef to desert


Saturday, September 19, 2020

the pistol attendant


oh by all means

lets go there

why is the pistol out

why is the safety off

why went you away

why are there no witnesses

why is the sky so orange

today

for of course we must not

ask

better to show, than tell

when story fell

you notice I am not

quite asking, how does

this thing work

how is there a bang on one end

and a life ended on the other

that to me

is not important

in the grand scheme of things

if they exist, they once were

on this brand new morning


Wednesday, September 16, 2020

I had a dream


it was it is

rainbows and butterflies

i'm chasing it

and so my son, 

your grandchild

is eight, and he doesn't

smile as much

as the other kids

he doesnt know

how to ride a bike

or play seven stones

hes never played

more than a little

the ways they play in school

mommys always busy

trying to exhale

his fresh mind

is a blank slate

on which evil constantly writes

some good too,

but we both know

you and I, 

the women and children

that evil always wins

mother, I followed a dream

was I right or wrong?


Thursday, September 03, 2020

crayola


the results, of the second quarter

are finally out, and they are

satisfactory, as all people

most eventful, two weddings

two funerals, lots of carpe diem

shacklets in the shadow

a valley of dreamaires

a terrible aching pull of flesh

I never quite realized, was the thing

a prescient dream, 10 minutes

of the oldest woman

and the youngest man

and we need all the hands

to pull us out, said the demon

not just one, your mistake

is form, your sentience

does not follow

nothing follows