in the momentthere was no winner,
just backing intocorners,
where sunlight couldnot reach,
and eyes wouldnot blink-
despite dusthanging on each word.
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this wax-eyed hourof weak,
i’ve no appetitefor sleep,
to speak’s a reachthrough scratched up screen,
watching stancesquarrel..
tangled,
flexing hotcaffeine,
man child poundson bar-
to rousealarm,
spreading fire ’rounda schoolyard war.
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self-portrait hoverscrooked,
who’s yet tonotice?
railing’smissing teeth.
last silver hairs linecarpet stairs
at foot of firepitnaps dad’s vacant chair.
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slow displacingweight,
yearspooled at my feet,
afloat atop the puddle-
a grey teardropin heat,
on the cusp ofclearingup,
chiseledfrom clay sleep..
orgrief
of farewell worthforgiving,
heart in hand,while never knowing.
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won’tkeep fish alive,
pokingafter fire’s out,
stitching sunlightinto song,
under dirt,tomorrow’s trees..
parched andbalding of their leaves,
dragging armsfrom holding signs,
footprints from your bedto mine.
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refused thekiss..
infavourof touchlessness,
whether uponskin,
or of what’swithin,
ifeelnothing..
butblanket sky,
no guilt, no shame,just quietrain
in far-offeyes.
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recounts of fracturedtravels,
child’s whisper stirsupheaval,
peering back throughchained offshaft,
whistle warnsof fog blown white and flat-
conductor laughs.
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a mess that mops upfor nobody
scribbled on slatescenery-
bleeding overlife,
painted as whose beautydulls theknife.
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chalk-eyedether-
sticky sandsexpanding under..
forever layersdeeper..
heart heavypantingfever-
slightly shuckedshellfish inshivers-
surface regrets..reconsidered
upon ocean ofmeltingbed–
waxliquid
oblivion again.
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driftwoodeyes
stretchedislands apart,
ice yet stuck inthroat,
smoke signal distantboats,
seabird feathersneeze,
in flames,the ocean trees
flickerme asleep.
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might there bean end
in which westay?
could be you’re far tookind to say
no carecould bridge
the void betweenour dreams
inreality.
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tacky, too small towel
folded overmirror,
powdered yetdamp,
caving sun starvedcheek,
tepid swan tearsin her sway,
no push tospeak,
curtains hang likeeyelids,
sorrow perchedon shoulderbare,
chipped comb teethparting greyhair.
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a fading letterto myself,
another seasonboxed up,
visions dust theeyelids
a teardropblurs dried photo
of boardedgardenroom
last rose in backflaunts herfleshyhue
eternally inbloom.
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she reminds mei was birthed estranged
and hides lettersthat would best explain
why i do not breathelove’s name
without shame.
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memoirs shedto read backwards,brainwaves down highways,black marker mysteryplayed out by smudge-eyed agentson slow dissolving screen.
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i’mone frothyflippopotamus
rooting inself-soothing slop,
basking inback bacon sizzling,
snorting bubbleshiss andpop.
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confined toold house staircase
missing railingsno apparent landing,
down thenup tolost..
stillshuffling..
stifling..
teetering on the edgeof dream,
eyes fixated onour feet,
rooted right where we should be.
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