truculence
self involved
short lived outburst
eternal diurnal golden
eastern light low rise
long shadowed crisp
visual promise of autumn
defiant the day soon scalds
purifies equalizes
lives lived as lies are still
sparkled stardust
facets of the jewel
illiteral
reach around
like scratching an itch between your shoulder blades
to find the place in or on your body
unafraid
if you can
if you have one
uncover it to the sun
the terror at the edges grows like
anerobic bacteria making slime
it smells like
necrotized flesh
inviting maggots
they'll eat the wounds clean
in their wiggly manner
but cure not what creeps all stealthy
like an autumn mist born amongst the
tombstones comes the ego-panic
it unmans the stout of heart
until we are dead men walking
callous untouchable ungrateful
or
find the whole spot
trust yes yes again yes
and let go
karmatic
dust born into
evaporative sequences
altar to the nothing
sweet smoke offered
seven directions
thirteen colors galactic spirals
ninety nine percent empty space
what where is mind
concocting illusions
string of slices
living emits
fragrant stenches broken arrows
that wound without piercing
someone that is no one speaks
in circular breathing
to ears that resist hearing
to hearts that resist loving
petulant saccadic crackpots
devilish minions holy fools
take your places
hit your marks
all are equal here
Spirals
disarmed
shell casings scattered
seeds with infertile purpose
dingbat carrying band aids
oh that little piece of work
all kinds of silly notions
wanting only to be
lovers sharing burdens
allies in the corners
of a city sordid with demons
so simple choosing happiness
she is me, my past an iron door
bad faces gone by dropped
letters in the mail slot
who gives a shit what happens to them
on the other side not i
who am imperfect walking
toward a moonlit drumbeat
four four time dance of focus
scales
no arrow can pierce
a sinuous music
slither of armored plates
sliding against themselves
a lifetime of rhythm
worn in grooves
ground to dust
by the flapping of
selfsame
serpentine wings
it burns
it flies
it petty lies
it's what dragons do
exercises
cross purposes
cross hairs
wild hairs
wild thing
running wild
running scared
scared straight
strait jacket
yellow jacket
yellow belly
bellyful
full house
gingerbread house
gingerbread man
mystery man
mystery machine
ghost in the machine
amen
candlelight
rebellious city center tent
frigid weather vigil
as if power had a conscience
darkened bedroom window
one lumen lighthouse
impatient safe harbor
flickering shadows
forgiving of wrinkles flaws
warm soft beneath corset laces
sophisticated electronic cicadas
deafening sensory overload
silenced by tiny fragrant flame
finding
distant memory of
hollow days gnawing hunger
long lost hope scattered
into the sere winds
when love became a tool
and sex became a weapon
fairy dust is only glitter
in a world where science conquers
magic
my desert has a soothing mist
in the darkest slice
before first light
where the fullness
is a pregnant empty
transforming pain into
simple joys
glitter-less
you puzzles don't
come with instructions but
even the lawless have rules
clinically un-self-aware frozen
there are alway roles
and power plays the weak
need smaller monkeys
to beat loud like ego drums
small (hu)men advertise what
they don't possess
eternally crippled
in the presence of equals
whose quiet strength
is neither swayed
by victory nor defeat
