And Then

Snow falling 

on cinders, 

a convenient 

marriage.

No memory,

no ash.

[LSS, 2/22/23]

The Sound

of a house skidding

into a horse-drawn 

calliope, a page

 

with no edges 

singing a bonfire 

to life.

[LSS, 2/20/23]

Inquiry

Are there glaciers 

in Florida?

Are they crushing 

you, the ghost orchids 

into a single 

layer of rock?

[LSS, 2/12/23]

 

Night Circus

Mending holes in the fortune

teller’s tent, the cost of a lost 

stitch the opening of the night 

sky and the five worst things 

that could happen to you disappear 

before the overture begins.

[LSS, 2/10/23]

Recalcitrant Donkey

It takes an hour to walk 

the limited conversation, 

the half-moon fly trap,

and all its dead constellations 

out the door.

[LSS, 2/10/23]

Yarrow Stalk

No right answer opens 

its soul, a sleeve 

without holes, a vacant 

scroll, knurled plum, 

heavy, winter limb.

[LSS, 1/21/23]

Run-On Dream

Luanne arrives early 

in her purple pick up truck 

and plants a field of lavender

outside my front door

a rogue wave washes 

all the windows 

out to sea. 

[LSS, 1/10/23] 

Killer Whale

You can not revise 

or retitle the past.

You can only drive it

into shallow water

before you kill it. 

[LSS, 1/4/23]

Week-at-a-Glance

Half-finished tongue 

and groove starting 

point spiral staircase 

procurement team Velvet 

Underground mid week

waking up strange 

hours full size.

[LSS, 1/4/23]