Monthly Archives: February 2012

The first One last question posed/And the shaken drawling man/Cannot answer/Head hanging/Hands cover his face We lean forward/To hear the breaking voice/That so laden moment/We knew would come But his sobs remain silent/The Court has ordered every witness/Not to speak … Continue reading →

One cool April night we feel your clamoring to appear/Your angry and tired blazing and intelligent eyes/Staring at those who bring you forth to burst into a world As a separate/God detached yet bound/Who summon you From the warm watery … Continue reading →

Opening interruptus Cloud static blocks the words but not the voices The judge shakes her head Back and forth the argument tumbles While jurors annoy at the first of many pauses Turning away Both lawyers smiling The vanquished as well … Continue reading →

I have rubbed the dirt of my father’s grave Deeply into weary lines of my hands Required to wield the long heaving spade That spilled Your earth over the plain pine box Enfolding Your creation forever Now I am exempt … Continue reading →

When the hot water strikes its cleansing claws Against the sleep spoiled pores of my body And I am most vulnerable and bare So that the least stray thought sprays Into a fountain to be seen forever And when I … Continue reading →