Braindrops

a trickle 

from the ears

a sprinkle

from the nose

a light mist

from the eyes

as the storm

within brews

the turning 

twisted thoughts

funnel into 

a verbal downburst

and lays flat

all in the way

with the straight line

windy bellow

out the mouth

thus beware the signs

of braindrops

The bird

blackbird with his

robin blue smile

perched on the eave

of a house no

longer a home

his gluttonous grin

is the bow 

in the roof line

as the sky gleams

off the ocean depths

found in his feathers

his call 

the chill of night

dancing in his

malicious stare

as he writes ​out

his devious deeds

in the air with his beak

Ashen arms

you held me in
your bare arms
within gray skies
wet with vacant thoughts
and barren time
you held me
when there
was no more
need for tears
no longing
for lips to meet
no urge to
reach out
for touch
in pain or
in joy
as all the blood
had dried
all the air
had blown away
and vacancy
was our company

Dandies

let's wash our bodies

of this soot

that billows 

from our neighbor's fire

though we stand

confused and naked

in the growing grass

the spying sun

that filters through

the passing clouds

warms and dries us

she sips of you

and is tipsy too

when she tickles

with her velvet coat

I laugh and lose my cap

as it blows away in the wind