1600

 

 

a branch falls
(the revelation)
this burden of water
this awkwardness
of age

 

 

1596

 

 

knock and
knock
again now
is not a good
time

 

 

1592

 

 

look there
see the bodies in your
heaven
they move in celestial orbit
let me count the beat of your pulse

 

 

1591

 

 

that squirrel
in the birdbath is a water
dragon —
these compact fluorescent
bulbs bend the truth

 

 

1526

 

 

so, again the dream in this
fluttering world where these
phalanges remember flight
and each cell sloughed
is another lost chance

 

 

I doodle, you ku — sixteen | details

1525

 

 

wild birds flew into my living
room I knew someone would
die my sighs grew feathers
they built nests of grief and
indecision they preened

 

 

I doodle, you ku — twelve | details

1523

 

 

I’ve discovered that things disintegrate
watch the light change color
the beginning
leaves us behind the beginning ends
I can’t remember who we used to be

 

 

I doodle, you ku — ten

1522

 

 

we are too innocent to
look exhausted red-rimmed
faces shocked and bending with
this death we are too young
tell us why we came here

 

 

I doodle, you ku — nine

1519

 

 

in this dream I am
the sky vultures glide
on my thermals when I
close my one good
eye everyone waits

 

 

I doodle, you ku — eight | details

1518

 

 

this is where my story
begins again the sun
again the empty
cups this is what a
friend does this is

 

 

I doodle, you ku — seven | details