splattering on
pavement
liquid colliding
with solid
fluidity ceased
suddenly
releasing its
final breath
to the humid air
all the emotions
burn and sting
from the cold rain
on the sun soaked
concrete walk
its cracks collect
the storm's rage
the restless pools
beg for the time
of saturated soil
to become thirsty
once more
as washed away
colonies of ants
begin to rebuild
small ships of
green leaves
sail away down
sewer drains
into the unknown
while lightning
leaps off to lick
distant horizons
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Friday, April 26, 2019
Starstruck
dark bridges
lost paths to
somewhere
that some call
nowhere
but to others
they are every
where for
weary travelers
of the night sky
smoke ascends
carrying messages
to the gods
that no longer
burn but continue
to shine down
giving hope to
those holding hope
for what's been
this blanket
holds crystalline
dust around us
the dust in
any amount
gives it name
shows it form
in life and death
and rebirth and
consumption of
the stars
lost paths to
somewhere
that some call
nowhere
but to others
they are every
where for
weary travelers
of the night sky
smoke ascends
carrying messages
to the gods
that no longer
burn but continue
to shine down
giving hope to
those holding hope
for what's been
this blanket
holds crystalline
dust around us
the dust in
any amount
gives it name
shows it form
in life and death
and rebirth and
consumption of
the stars
April rains
awoken too late
in what solar sleeves
have drifted across
the pale numb skin
bare to earth
and wind
and wet kiss
from lecherous clouds
which couldn't remain
in the gray, cold sky
this body stolen
from spinning
earthly eyes
in league with
sun filled lips
to whisper the
secrets of melting drips
the tears of missed ships
to sail across
the eternities lost
but waited for
in hardened shell
in bitter hell
for seconds seen
as pure diamonds
slipping through their
grasping fingers
uniting hands pull
arms within chests
hearts within souls
and rhythmic melodies
sing from the thawed soil
in April rains
in what solar sleeves
have drifted across
the pale numb skin
bare to earth
and wind
and wet kiss
from lecherous clouds
which couldn't remain
in the gray, cold sky
this body stolen
from spinning
earthly eyes
in league with
sun filled lips
to whisper the
secrets of melting drips
the tears of missed ships
to sail across
the eternities lost
but waited for
in hardened shell
in bitter hell
for seconds seen
as pure diamonds
slipping through their
grasping fingers
uniting hands pull
arms within chests
hearts within souls
and rhythmic melodies
sing from the thawed soil
in April rains
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Bodies
some days
many days
I think it's broken
defective
but I don't know
who to contact
for a return label
as if they'd take
it back
let alone
issue a refund
for what won't bend
what will give out
when it shouldn't
what will tighten
what won't stretch
what will dry out
what's too moist
what will grow
way too much
what doesn't grow
enough
and enough
I know
for they all are
this way in one
way or another
and what's funny
when we insult them
we insult ourselves
which isn't funny
after all
and they always
tend to be the last
on the list
until they tell
us otherwise.
many days
I think it's broken
defective
but I don't know
who to contact
for a return label
as if they'd take
it back
let alone
issue a refund
for what won't bend
what will give out
when it shouldn't
what will tighten
what won't stretch
what will dry out
what's too moist
what will grow
way too much
what doesn't grow
enough
and enough
I know
for they all are
this way in one
way or another
and what's funny
when we insult them
we insult ourselves
which isn't funny
after all
and they always
tend to be the last
on the list
until they tell
us otherwise.
Saturday, April 20, 2019
Ashes to ashes
in those ashes
do they see forests
do they see
drowning oceans
the rivers flooded
with discarded shit
it seems we just
can't get enough of
in those ashes
do they see irony
do they see
karma collecting
on an overdue debt
the screams of others
that weren't like them
that surrendered to
the flames
in those ashes
do they see hunger
do they see
the plight of poverty
the true nature of
what was lost
and the calling of it
to raise up one another
before they raise
that cathedral once more
do they see forests
do they see
drowning oceans
the rivers flooded
with discarded shit
it seems we just
can't get enough of
in those ashes
do they see irony
do they see
karma collecting
on an overdue debt
the screams of others
that weren't like them
that surrendered to
the flames
in those ashes
do they see hunger
do they see
the plight of poverty
the true nature of
what was lost
and the calling of it
to raise up one another
before they raise
that cathedral once more
July nights
rain used to
play the rooftop
like a piano
and we fell
asleep to
that same ole
tune on those
hot July nights
when the storm
had broken the
heat with its
mere presence
we would open
the windows
and the wind
resuscitated
the air in the
stale warm house
we were each
others covers
until the cold
settled in
but with each
drop on the roof
we drifted out
of our skins
and into the
sirenic storm
overhead
play the rooftop
like a piano
and we fell
asleep to
that same ole
tune on those
hot July nights
when the storm
had broken the
heat with its
mere presence
we would open
the windows
and the wind
resuscitated
the air in the
stale warm house
we were each
others covers
until the cold
settled in
but with each
drop on the roof
we drifted out
of our skins
and into the
sirenic storm
overhead
Friday, April 19, 2019
Vultures
seven circling
feathers tethered
to some sort of
sustenance
below
hark
a carved out
carcass
below
for the darkly clad
seven to descend
from heaven
and fuss and
feast on
the mess
below
Waiting
uncertain whether
it’s the teeth vibrating
or whether it’s the gums
the gaze out the window
hypnotizes, pulls the patient
down further, a weight
not a lift in this waiting
chemical cocktails waltz
through the veins, these
grand corridors of a
historic and worn house
the sun lends little aid
to keep heavy eyelids
awake and open to
consume the days left,
remaining in this waiting
no-vacancy must be lit
on the light at the door
no visitors stop and sit
and talk about nothing
which would be everything
as what once was years
are mere hours now
ticking in this waiting
Saturday, April 13, 2019
The banquet
the libations were
waterfalls flowing
from crystal decanters
onto ravenous lips
checkered tiles
caught each drop
of dancing hoof
as the goats furiously
strummed strings
in tenor with the
pulse of the hall
embers danced
in the dark cloud
of locks encasing
his darkly obscure face
the motive of this
unseelie host was
an amorous spell
laced with tears of
the pale lady who
calls to her lunar lover
yet his liquid
bribery never passed
these lips
thus a column of
whispering wind
bellowed forth in
tenor with the eased
temper in the humming
chords of strings
the words laid their
tongue in these lobes
their whisper the
slightest caress
of this neck
this unseelie host
advanced with his
enveloping speech
to his stunned prey
he reached forward
while his stretched out
fingers soon vanished
within this chest
and his eyes revealed
themselves within
his darkly obscure face
all was lost to
those eternal eyes
as a clutching
took control from
within this rib cage
a withering of what
once was or even
of what will be
those eternal eyes
ever moved closer
eclipsing everything
the banquet was served
waterfalls flowing
from crystal decanters
onto ravenous lips
checkered tiles
caught each drop
of dancing hoof
as the goats furiously
strummed strings
in tenor with the
pulse of the hall
embers danced
in the dark cloud
of locks encasing
his darkly obscure face
the motive of this
unseelie host was
an amorous spell
laced with tears of
the pale lady who
calls to her lunar lover
yet his liquid
bribery never passed
these lips
thus a column of
whispering wind
bellowed forth in
tenor with the eased
temper in the humming
chords of strings
the words laid their
tongue in these lobes
their whisper the
slightest caress
of this neck
this unseelie host
advanced with his
enveloping speech
to his stunned prey
he reached forward
while his stretched out
fingers soon vanished
within this chest
and his eyes revealed
themselves within
his darkly obscure face
all was lost to
those eternal eyes
as a clutching
took control from
within this rib cage
a withering of what
once was or even
of what will be
those eternal eyes
ever moved closer
eclipsing everything
the banquet was served
Friday, April 12, 2019
Dinnertime
at the table
let us remember
we are here
to consume each
other and ourselves
we will eat and
eat the days away
sometimes savoring
sweet seconds
other times gobbling
up years like there's
no tomorrow
and there won't be
with our appetites
for we can never
have our fill of
ever tasty time
yet the chef has
only cooked so
much for us
so sit with me
at the table now
let's dine on
this moment
in time
let us remember
we are here
to consume each
other and ourselves
we will eat and
eat the days away
sometimes savoring
sweet seconds
other times gobbling
up years like there's
no tomorrow
and there won't be
with our appetites
for we can never
have our fill of
ever tasty time
yet the chef has
only cooked so
much for us
so sit with me
at the table now
let's dine on
this moment
in time
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Melatonin
rushing through veins
little bubbles
that carry nocturnal serum
the stuff that dreams
are made of man
that's plucked from
moonlight plumage
stolen from bogeymen's
satchels and ground
into what only
the Sandman can
interpret on blank
parchment peeled
off the inner eyelids
of slumber, surrender
to swift optical dancing
in between worlds
of dark and light
of obscene existence
and lucid sight
now rest, they say
but what wicked ways
we have all weaved
for the dreams dreamt
have all deceived
and rest flies out
on some whim
escaping this soul
its bones and skin
little bubbles
that carry nocturnal serum
the stuff that dreams
are made of man
that's plucked from
moonlight plumage
stolen from bogeymen's
satchels and ground
into what only
the Sandman can
interpret on blank
parchment peeled
off the inner eyelids
of slumber, surrender
to swift optical dancing
in between worlds
of dark and light
of obscene existence
and lucid sight
now rest, they say
but what wicked ways
we have all weaved
for the dreams dreamt
have all deceived
and rest flies out
on some whim
escaping this soul
its bones and skin
Friday, April 5, 2019
Elevator thoughts
the elevator snapped
suddenly
a loud crack in the
ceiling
thought maybe it's
you
a practical joke of
yours
like when you call
and
then only make me
guess
you are on the other
end
by revealing one of
your
codes seconds there
after
but I wanted to fall
when
I heard the snap in
the
elevator ceiling that
woke
me up from these
foggy
days, I wanted to
collapse
into the thought of
you
into the blurry image
of
a memory of you that
shone
in the unpolished metal
door
I desperately wanted to
keep
falling until I could see
the
you that once was mine
suddenly
a loud crack in the
ceiling
thought maybe it's
you
a practical joke of
yours
like when you call
and
then only make me
guess
you are on the other
end
by revealing one of
your
codes seconds there
after
but I wanted to fall
when
I heard the snap in
the
elevator ceiling that
woke
me up from these
foggy
days, I wanted to
collapse
into the thought of
you
into the blurry image
of
a memory of you that
shone
in the unpolished metal
door
I desperately wanted to
keep
falling until I could see
the
you that once was mine
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Hold on
hold this moment
he told me
before he hung up
his coat and walked
out the door into
the dark night air
I couldn't hold
the light, it fell
through my fingers
and onto the worn
boards of the floor
I couldn't hold
the time, it floated
too high near the
rafters where I
couldn't reach
I couldn't hold
his hand, he had
taken it with him
along with his
breath I couldn't
keep and his heart
that always made
mine skip a beat
but I could hold
this moment as
he told me to
that was the only
thing I could do
he told me
before he hung up
his coat and walked
out the door into
the dark night air
I couldn't hold
the light, it fell
through my fingers
and onto the worn
boards of the floor
I couldn't hold
the time, it floated
too high near the
rafters where I
couldn't reach
I couldn't hold
his hand, he had
taken it with him
along with his
breath I couldn't
keep and his heart
that always made
mine skip a beat
but I could hold
this moment as
he told me to
that was the only
thing I could do
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