a passion, poisoned-
must spit to
get it
out-

tame desires turned
dangerous,

be
predictable..

or
courageous?

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dreamt of chicago
again,

with red
pen-

crossing off
blues,

but will chicago
dream of
me?

“sorry, man..” croons
on sufjan,

that letter, never mailed .

to sweetheart of
white veil,

i rue in cab
she’d..

dare not
hail

through these
shards of
town,

but chicago follwed
me home
so..

I’d not sleep
alone.

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let’s crawl back
from day’s
end..

scrawled back to dearest
boyhood friend,

we played
house-

i was mother,
she acted
dad,

we stayed fluid
in roles of
spouse-

and worked our
issues
out.

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sorted out
of order,

years unpacked-
arranged backwards,

stumbling through
my clutter..

sheathing blunted
box cutter.

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reverberance of
connection, amplified..

in pockets
of quiet,

as heart blossoms
unsilent,

cased in
chicken wire-

twisting
and crumbling

uncluttering
escape
..

from mind’s
useless mumbling
.

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dear drill, toothy
drill-

rattlin’ skull
still
..

in chamber of
respite

your grind
bites

most
desperate.

sir rooster mounts
farm table,

mute, with proud
intent

bold, for beast
so quiet,

feathers fan bed’s
drowsy brood-

rousing but
seldom
rude.

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summon spring,
quick!

‘fore we
fade into forget
,

winter wheezes til
shivers sieze
breath-

grinding time
forth..

sundial tilted
north.

rather get
real-

than be
right

is
the lever

that heightens or
lowers

soapbox of
speaker

peering up
to
..

leer down
at
..

so little eye
to eye

a poor excuse
to not
try.

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