Dei Ex Machina
Nut is dying. Nut, my mother the sky goddess who swallows the sun each day then gives birth to light in the morning, lies weak on a narrow pallet in her small room of many gilt-edged mirrors and an old china cabinet of curved glass. She is dark as the earth beneath us, [...]
Mothers Die Young
your mother died
what she was
thinking, your thoughts
will change
as you get older.
[...]
History of Her Own Unattainable
backwards and turning
clutching something
in her arms...
Araneose
The single filament extends, bends through time, and after all years, crosses itself, intersecting in eternity, glowing faintl [...]
What’s In a Name, In Four
- The arsonist is incarcerated many years. He speaks to no one, not at all. Few people speak to him. After awhile, guards cease even with commands. He knows where to go, what to do. He knows his number. Then, time comes for his release. His name is Wayne. Suddenly, his name means s [...]
Shelter
the car heater barely works
driving crisscrossed roads
of our wide country
that are faint traces
in memory [...]
Dream an Emptiness
Old Photos
WATCHING “THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN” BEFORE THE ELECTION, REMEMBERING GODOT
We were magnificent. We were. We wait to be magnificent again. First thing, wait until the election is over. Not until the election is over can we be magnificent again. When it’s over, we must wait until our candidate takes office. If our candidate doesn’t win, we must wait until the [...]
Hands – In Four
1. Thaumaturgy
Gods of old extend their hands but so many are ill, and no one cares for those behind the wall. Dead souls circle overhead, in clouds, a dense cloud above the prison burying ground, ground divided at the start, Christian, Jew, other or unknown. Through the [...]