Where a Drunken Bee Drones a Holy Syllable

The six-syllable word 

has been reduced to one

orphan syllable that carries 

the memory of languages 

I have no need 

to translate or transmit.

[LSS, 6/28/21]

Jigsaw Echo Map

Acres of intentions

scrunched into a deciduous

hometown and paper maps

waiting, wondering when.

[LSS 6/28/21]

Plains State

Drought-stricken trees 

lifting their lighter-than-air 

limbs to sky, rooted to earth, 

souls never forgiven.

[LSS, 6/28/21]

Dark Sky 

Cumulus clouds weighing 

down our bodies so we 

won't float away just yet.

[LSS, 6/28/21]