two for tanrenku

two unhappy walkers

with death thoughts

do the platypus dance

while clouds queue 

to refund a blue sky

weak sun 

the space between earth 

and the boy’s feet

each step uncovers

hidden water walkways 

hot streams 

pour into teacups 

of synchronized symphony 

even though 

it is plastic

you kiss the octopus

forsaken by my demons 

a glimmer emerges -

stars on a clear night

within the doubt’s shadow

an indifferent symmetry

dramatic statements
regarding war
and you
not even knowing 
how to say hi to her

down green grass

tanks tread on

the rainbow’s end

this morning 
pain becoming 
the snow melting 
over the sound 
of a woodpecker

bark dust flies

ATVs shower

the picnic table

10  the sound of water
   boiling over
   from the lentil pan
  a light covering 
  of snow

beneath the sea

bleached coral

cooks for dinner

while sea urchins settle 

mouths closed

later that day
the whale
eats your whole family

on the boardwalk

a leviathan throws

the shell game

seagulls cry

for favorable winds

moving into 
another time 
and then opening 

from an old suitcase 

mithras pretends

to sew gold armor 

but light grows dim

at tunnel’s end

in the cafe 
that reminds you 
of a film set
drinking coffee 
that tastes like shit

grey cigarette ash

floats slowly down

the deep elevator shaft

carefully 
putting the ants back 
a shark
in reverse 
willow catkins

caterpillars drop

from the sky

barcoded for sale

20 snow moon 
   while you were 
   in the womb 
  a movie tried 
  to kill you

deserted streets

fast food wrappers

near brownstone steps

abandoned hopscotch 

as the city wheezes

weighing her heart 
he feels 
a certain emptiness

calliope steam 

fuels elephant dreams 

of midnight strokes

on circus straw dust

with hyena laughs

your life a folly 
the rain and then
the rain

taps on a tin roof

bugles for crows

blow a dirge 

to circle around 

the smell of decay

in an ode 
to patriotism
on this hill 
you put your arm 
through

loosely tied

the tourniquet 

sinks in a fjord

not acknowledging 
your jealousy 
cleaning its face 
with fresh snow
the cat

with subtle disdain

a frozen peach

warms itself

30  clear morning

    a spotlight follows the jogger 

    around the shoreline

    hidden in Egg

    a naked lady

hidden garden

a fecund scent

around my head

with a moan

the world dissolves

after spitting teeth 

you find the courage 

to walk all day

bleached, crumbing

an empty street

rumbles and shakes

tree squirrels

pause and wait

asking for owls

the child

as a birch

cold north winds

rustle dying trees

on newly-formed deserts

a cold cup of coffee

with starving fox eyes

rolling upwards

messenger of lords 

a stone

putting itself back

the black stripe

behind skunk ears

naval oranges

contemplate toes

occult plank

all that remains 

of the hockey game

the thought of dying 

under a train

hungry waves

winds blow from

deep trenches