why hesitate
everything you say
is lunacy
and rehearsed

every night a mare
horse shoes at the window
going outside now
to gallop away

came from a prominent family
of sea urchins
one at a time
they would disappear

some
bought an island
while others
worked the boardwalk
in wildwood

it was season
it was crowded it was loathsome
it was magic frowns and smiles

shaped by multiple encounters
with tourists
the ocean was a postcard

said
miss you and
wish you were here

15 years later
consistency means
missing you

your voice appears
let’s sing happy birthday
to you

She had many names
different identities for
different situations
a cab driver
driving me round and round

was not a victim
only acting in a scheme
achieving the necessary
spy thriller

watered animals
for a living
made her way traveling
bar to bar
take notes for poems
she would later write
some day

Never thought
could transition
and be so complete

conflict in a jar
with lid
then produced
touched with fire electric
keeps score and
advances

talks about air and matches
the moon becomes the sun
becomes the moon
get out and buy something

a hat a shirt an ashtray
3 kiwi and reading glasses
because it is needed
because of age

Finding respect
hard to believe
early in the late process
the idea combat
hand to hand

not yet
inside the blank
terrified
because it is concrete

ordered as if starving
in charge and empty
floats and pushes
floats and pushes

listening underneath the water
snorkel and mask
as above you serf
reconciling a wave

Remains unknown
and famous
the promise of nowhere

never had you
never wanted to
made you a ring

if you lived here
you’d be home by now

Inherit your destiny
your time traveling dna
your endangered future
the guarantee

rapid in a slow lane
injured
by a knife
and fork

free if you have money
otherwise
pay in advance

the beekeeper has nightmares
the sun refuses to shine

a warm meal
toast for the mourning
a lifetime adventure
celebrating unity

the death
of the emperor

Puts
A bullet
In my soul

How
Do I get to the Jupiter
Or Saturn

Says
It all with a smile