He licked for blues
and all she could do
was cower behind a curtain
as a menacing dawn
crept over the hills

He had traded doubt for sun
and her days ended in why

do street lamps enjoy rain
or do they whisper
jazz standards
until dawn?

No need for battling whales
or taking coffee on the green,
not when summer is breaking
into an early rapacious cadence.
Meadows aren’t only for frolic.

Rails aren’t matching up
for a smooth ride
but it should be cooler than a mule
that won’t budge
off the mountain of viscous lava.

I want his face in my hands
and the time to finish
an article before the next buzz
of some machine brings us back
from an easy dreaming state.

stunning
the view
when one isn’t looking
yet stumbles upon
something sparkling burrowing smoothly
there is no questioning
the why or the how
but to drink it in
letting it tear into us
like a comet
moving within

Morning has been so quiet,
I can hear the humming
of my house-
refrigerator, clock’s second hand,
whirring fan, laptop charging.
My own breath sounds enormous
and when I open a window,
birds scream and the sky laughs with wind.
I stay just inside the door,
unsettled within but not at all sure
I want to go out.
Moving freely but days ago,
shivering in place now.

I would like to tuck away
these times in-between.