my eye was born in the stirring of the sky a painted ingot fired with the dawn burning at the dam’s early light a dividing wall eroded and a river ran from the zenith a molten composition cast upon the cotton ball sky cooling it cracked in a crinkling with it my arrogance that once…
moonlight
I lay there — changing beneath the thin cotton sheets caught in the threads of the silver light pinpoints revealing each letter upon the pages I devoured in the thinness of the night. I lay there absorbed in the alphabet constant an ephemeral Enigma predicting into what I would with each turn metamorphosize wish I…
No Regrets
no regrets, cast away recall cast away away cast away all painted memories in aerosol drip my spell upon a wall Vive la France and Charles De Gaulle Pour the streets with alcohol Being bad – meh – that’s my downfall Screw the good, life’s protocol Smoke a cigarette, how banal Rather, maybe, sex in…
Earthly Habits
my Father always toiled at the earth above the rocks he kept our yard a solitude of quiet and play a kinder garten circled by the elm hedge and shaded by the twin aspen it was always home and always work. my Father always toiled at our garden on the verge of my perception I…
My Life is a Valley
a valley is my life a natural paradise I was born of a valley a winding lake monster filled with blossom and pollen fragrance captured, hilled in hands I am wet with wandering rivers deepen my back enter me and I deliver passage running between the mountains I am a yoga pose interrupting the plain…
Gone to the Birds
Gone to the Birds World Health Organization reports #vaccinations administered by air travel break our distance the answer contradicts wet market obfuscation origin stories rapid testing rising numbers birds gather in public unmasked fed prescriptions sourdough pieces intensive care moistly distributed to the populations all variants flock together casting caution to the ventilation open borders…
Letter to Giovanna
Dear Giovanna La Cucina Siciliana di Gangivecchio I have fed and dined upon your words satiated my own hunger for travel and culinary knowledge. Your family the treasures you have shared are now my treasures stringing families together keeping me nourished my mind dressed and many years marinated and seasoned. I’ve cooked my way through…
Yesterday’s Lament
Yesterdays dreams in a drawer Paperbacks promised cascade dog eared devoured once a Word was enough Mother Nature’s Country boy reaching Across the universe across the daffodils distracted abandoned Ask me why? Bad boy? Because? Please, please, me Carry that weight slide it close Writer dried up pens inkwell waiting yellowed clippings recordings ramblings No…
Gordon’s Friday List
Marco’s meat hammer donkey??? best refinement training? 1 kilo kosher salt dozen aprons (blue) 5 signed copies of Street Burger 2 boxes Arborio rice cough drops hair gel change of clothes overnight bag buy dozen scampi dog eared copy of Merchant of Venice Michelin’s recommendations in Canada Chicago??? map of Golden Mile find lease Mont…
on the death of a tree
Can you hear me? Can you hear me cry? Can you hear me as I die? I wonder if my voice travels Outside this place, this clearing, Surrounded by my brethren And sisters born from a great fire. The staff of my life has rotted away See my mangled entrails, my roots Now exposed by…
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