#1

strained as sisyphus

shouldering his stone upward

so is wednesday born

 

#2

bocce ball in heels

barbeque clad in rhinestones

i win when failing

 

#3

wrenched into waking

helter skelter scattered head

my breath stays uncaught

 

#4

storm clouds chase the road

like memories of months flown

birds refuse their wings

 

#5

from brutal shadows

moths dart out in quick vengeance

ghosts to make more ghosts

 

#6

i lay where you laid

still the air accuses me

colder absent you

 

#7

cleaving through the stones

flinging pavement far behind

i mark the path home

 

#8

 

the roiling tide falls

settling low in my belly

susurus of lust

 

#9

we sip from warped cups

mottled darkness from our hands

beauty lies in fault

 

#10

pliantly searching

willow fronds gather the breeze

and fold in the night

 

#11

night has run away

whispering through nascent fog

dew lights on my breast

 

#12

a soft ping of rain

spent from the sky; a thousand

diamonds in my hair

 

#13

thick cicadas mask

the sound of your dark approach

but i scent your skin

 

#14

pulled to restless haste

the sea rushes its own shore

a distant moon waits

 

#15

supple double leaf

rooted to the twig, broken

before it could fall

 

#16

a bending branch sighs

whispering to weaving leaves

breathing in and out

 

#17

kept close in my hands

these fireflies will warm me

against colder days

 

#18

sun rises slowly

steaming shaobing slid from the

cooling crust of earth

 

#19

the water trembles

restless limbs that seek release

all my sighs will drown