dig for inspiration
bankrupt,

koiless pond brought
to listless
simmer,

fancies glimmer
three shades
fainter

since cache
cleared-

a faceless fog
burned
off

real’s threshold
should i
cross.

i watch you
heavy

haunt my
way

up
ladder

onto kick out
stool,

attic toys don’t
play

with kids from
dried up
pools,

from beyond
voices
twist

like fishing line
around my
fists.

No Clean Landing

runaway ride

stalled at first red

weeds spring from skull

weighted down by

clouds-

too close to ground

to veil the

bright

reminds me just how small

i sigh when throat

grows tight,

should we

‘face to face’ again

before the end writes self

from ledge,

we’ll still

jump..

in both feet

wet.

dear, dare i
accept

the limits of
a smile

in the heat of
distress,

stripped of prince
gown-

all fashion, no
function,

no comfort in
the nude,

hostile
to seduction-

am behind the
glass flirt

in moods most
perverse.

blow faux kiss
to flatter

tattered toy talking
without moving
mouth,

moth wing pinned
to pillow
not

casualty of dust
storm
not

without its
charm..

toadstool from
his torpor,

spare me the
stupor

of logic and
order

spoil madness with
meaning.