growing pains

when ignorance was bliss

talking, laughing, boiling water

without knowing, without warning

i am washed with silly news

first, "that fucking idiot"

then, "what the hell did i ever..."

finally (i laugh) "that fucking idiot"

that new chapter

Lengthy love letters fall with the leaves
loosen your belt and
light the oven for his peace of mind
don't forget the pine cones,
you know how he loves that smell
lay down the warm pavement for his feet and
watch to the west.
Withering willows will signal his coming
water basins beat with the hearts that stay.

Can't stand wet hands

he can't stay past springspoiled by the city smog
needs to see the trees turn green
where will you go?
with your brother in Richland
he has a house and
the work doesn't bother you.
I think i'd rather have the winter last
until i'm thirty or so.

I've been meaning to fix that

Fasting, passed out following the kitchen floor

Lucid dreaming, still i take a "tonin"

Following fast swallows winding through the conditioned air

Cats in constant battle.

I came home, i left.

I wanted to hear words that weren't coming.

It's always two o'clock before i know it.

Thats why i go to bed at ten.

tea

she's sitting across his field

in a stainless steel satin dress

wheat grass hair and feathers for feet

she's my mother

she's every woman i've ever met.

Rabbit

It's that intuition your Mother always warned you about

It was spelled out in electric candles and in your face

Forgiving, lusting, flowering, flowing

And following close behind was that rabbit

Following close behind was that fucking Rabbit.

Lucky i am to have noticed his presence

in a room full of flickering electric candles.