quiet morning
the continuous beeping
of an auto alarm
Month: January 2010
dew frost ~
the horse shivers off
crystal light
with a crooked branch
I knock the last leaf
off the tree
winter nightfall
Evening prayer – a flickering candle, rainfall.
no more bread–
I’m a shovel in the hand
of winter
early light
my dream drifts out
the open window
silent snow
the coldness
between us
surprise
party
i
hang
my
toupee
on
the
hat
rack
I’ll put it back in the earth, as soft as dust :: a word too much
garden Buddha
knee deep in dead leaves
once again
plans for the year
have gone astray
whirling snow
divorce papers fall
from a red folder
everything
for nothing:
job offer
thunder
interrupting
thunder
footprints
the hollow boom of breakers
in the fog
30
He is young.
He could be younger.
His hands shake.
Even propped on the bar. …
outside the bar
men like broken houses
in smoky twilight
i remember how light
his casket was
yet i can’t pick up his toys
still scattered in the yard
low evening fog —
I walk
no dog
Midwinter snowstorm
highway at a standstill
I mistake the vagrant
for my long-dead father
his smile so vacant
winter stars without you to name them
Where are your friends?
You lean over,
the little boy, crumpled.
–Those were my friends.