measured steps in the woods

so taken
with sounds
of whistling
and muffled steps

could walk
in circles
discovering
new sights at every turn

so lost
in time
and thought
let me linger

May 29, 2014 0

hungry loons

so close to that other side
please don’t go
and leave me here

dampness only works
when we share heat
and banter

a taste of you
has only made me
more hungry

there’s so much
I forgot

I know I’m not a dayglo kitten

itchy to strip away
all I can reach
I’d be raw

dousing rage
doesn’t work well
naked

but to feel unfiltered breezes
would be worth the burn

you’re not an answering loon

cool ripples moved
across carefully designed
cesspools

you know how delicious
it feels to savor muck
with me

we’re immeasurably right
touching skin and hair
and teeth

let’s answer hunger by moonlight

May 18, 2014 0

industry creeps on the old state road

gears destined for rust and fallow fields
move smoothly in grime
for men in shirtsleeves
and women laughing in sunlight

silos line the horizon
stuffed to the brim
with pipe dreams and hops

children as shadow puppets
behind clotheslines
herald the bees and honey

thrusting pipes push earthen mounds
echoing coffins’ slumbers
men heave iron and wheat
on a forgotten country road

May 17, 2014 0

don’t adjust your dial

all one
internet frequency
coaxial joining
back to the Garden
no barriers
between leaf and lens
every access
to skin and bone and flavor
nothing too precious
to be kept in plastic
or steel vault
stone and earth
protectors
rain and sun
wash and burn away sin
days of neon and nylon
like fine china
cracked and useful
mementos
grimy raw festering world
with compost and warning labels
avoid the tree of knowledge
keep something better
coded for pleasure
tattooed by teeth
one scream
heard around fault lines
no mistakes
just feeling joy and pain
messages relayed
all one