we crossed the Willamette on Steel, as the sun tore through the black truss, and the waters below, they beckoned us to jump, like fools on some adventure, perhaps to the plight of carpe diem, or, as likely, to some muddy grave, I know not the difference of the two, though the rusty river, swallowing […]
Ginkgo
oh ginkgo, don’t let your heart go again, stay green this fall when all that change begins, when winter brings the ways of death to strip you of your skin, my tree of butterflies, with cocoons of broken sin, know the ways that Jack Frost lies on night’s before his win, soak up the warmth […]
Cutlery
I’ve had enough of your chutzpah, where the pot and the kettle prepare to paint the silverware black, so sure in your attack and even convinced that some benevolence from above anointed you in fate, and yet, so much hate is masked by love, and as for me, I’ve had enough of every little thing […]
Gravity
love some strange cross between coincidence and fate, that place where the moon teases you not because it is – it isn’t – but because you told it to, it did.
Lady Luna
the moon is gone again, away from current view, it’s slipped behind some cirrus cloud, away from me and you there was no silver lining in the streaks that hid its shine, no hope below could lift us up to where the cloud would climb, yet all the while in hopeful gaze, we knew with […]
Abu Ghraib
let us decorate Abu Ghraib with words, lay out the old welcome mat for a quaint little tea party, and all the dolls and one stuffed animal are here to fill these halls like guests we dress or undress them in silliness, so do what you’re told – work hard, play harder, and kill only […]
Rainier
Rainier so far away, yet seems you’re here within arm’s reach, your snowcapped peak will gently bleach the clouds that hide you, but on brighter days, you’re like a harvest moon teasing us to think you’re closer than you are, your color depending on the paint the sun will choose to brush about your scars, […]
Map
the way a map lies, as though the earth were ever enough, and the existential stare across the green-blue painted paper, there, where ‘x’ marks a spot, and this thin, leaflike page cannot fathom depths of the oceans or the mountains high, and the pale blue of this ink knows little of what I think […]
A Safe Flight
“This is your Captain speaking – we have now reached an altitude of 10,000 feet, so you may turn on any electronic devices other than cell phones or other radio-equipped devices. We are expecting a pleasant flight today on our way out west, as we chase the sun. Please remain in your seat unless the […]
Abner
that warm spot on the ground, the one where the sunlight floods the floor from through the blinds, left little light lines adjacent the hardwood pine paneling, and it’s your favorite place to rest your head, or instead, maybe you just want to shine and pretend, with precious eyes closed, to sleep a peace I […]
