Bull and serpent

When I was
20
i wanted
To change
The world/a bull

Now,
At 40
The world
so subtly
Wants
To change
me/a serpent

Fertile
boomerang

30s  or
Our 50s...
Or some other Era:     {silent cinema}
             to reinvent
             be born again...

and silently
it
begins
with
that
small
fever

that sprawling white canvas in that dry open field, mid July

And this just
might
Make all
The difference

Infinite
Baptisms

this side

But

I'm on

this side

Of the

rope

cliff

chasm 

My toes 

consciously

Touching

The 

Opposite shore 

Of your

Waves

Aways

Leaning...

In

Over

Forward

?

Frankly...

I'll justify my move,

Far

Away

From

your

______________, __________, _____________, 

__________

My tooth

My tooth
Does
Not
Ache
today

Today
There
Is no
Ache

Aching
Nimbus


Today
There
Is no
Rain

Morning
Dew
Does
Not
Rain
Today

Bitter

Bitters
water
body
Alchemy


Bitters
Fire
soul
Angry

I know what you'll say

I know what you'll say,
It's OK

I've trained for
this.

I don't know what you'll say
And it's OK

I've practiced
For this too.

These moments
Aren't unique.

C'est tres normale.   [random French insertion]

*We Interrupt this program
Count to 10

A.M. Baby blues

Drink all night
Sleep till noon

This ain't no saloon
Your In our room

Baby

Cry all night
And wanna fight

Don't paint the town red
Your in our bed

Baby

Feeding frenzies
Last all night

This ain't no diner
Lil half pint

Baby

Vultures

Critics'
Standards are
themselves

Trained
In degrees

Surrounded
In tweed

Lower that drawbridge
And let
Mother
nature
in

Tap tap tap

Murmur Murmur
Murmur Murmur

Hum
Hum hum

Engines run
Motors spun
Diesel lungs

Pit stop
Last stop

Promotional splash
Receding shorelines
Sunburnt cash

All added up
All padded down
All around

Edges
Corners
Straightaways

Reel to reel
Tap, tap tap
The film slaps against
That cold steel
metallic
Projector

End of show
The show never ends
While The train bends

Legacy

Legacies
Trophies


It's for the museums of
The drive-thru Windows

It's for the Greyhound stations
Of Diplomatic dysentery

And The big macs of haute
Nordic reindeery cuisine

The megapolis discount malls'
Food court trays and disposable forks

Coupons, check out lines, weight loss plans, glossy celebrity news, eye glass repair kits

Microwaved life
Hurried to be
Hurried

Last train out
Of metro west,
But your headed east

All the time
Parking lots filled
With concrete curbs,
Guardrail me from west
cosmopolitan Sludge

It's the next best thing
It's sliced American cheese
Wrapped around the telephone pole

It's for the foam stained
Microphone
Of pop culture

It's the neighborhoods
that have
No voice
No contract, no monthly plan,

Simply pay as you
Go

Brought to you by...

I can't read your lips:
Talking head
Punch-lined host
Remote controlled

I can't read your texts:
Profiled
Networked
Obligatory

I can't watch your news:
Over Stimulated
Over informed
Over sponsored

I can't sit alone:
Billboard
Beeps
Broadcast

Aglow indigo

Maybe it's your
Psychology?
Chemistry?

Remember,
It's not
me

Spirit transcends
Flesh transcripts
'It is written',
              But where?


An angry glow
And
A Cooling indigo

If

If
Renting
Is
the
new
Existing

meanwhile,
rust
Silently
Slips over
hexagon
screws

These chained
parking lots
              Cheapened everything


Alimony to a
Rent-a-center,
Pensioners of the
super sized
and Entertainment centers

Oh ye,
Lazy boys
And Girls


The economics of a
Fast Cash center
The splinters of a Particle board
The coach shorts of pleather luxuries

Then, is there buyers remorse
When it's all
rented?

What proceeds chance?

If you'd
taken
a left

And I'd
taken
a right

Chances
are....
pretty
objectively
lucky?

What events
Aren't Predicated
On the heels
Of a million
'Only
ifs'....


Car crash.

If only
You'd
Walked

Town

I went
To
Town
To
Find
Some             clues


I asked
The baker
he said yeast

I asked
The constable
he said peace

I watched
A fisher
while he caught
a shoe

I watched
A dreamer
while he caught
the flu

I heard
A stranger
Tell a lie

I heard
A preacher
Tell the sky

'All this physics
Will embrace,
Clap real loud
Fall into place'

Waving particles
Particles that wave

Much expected

Oh, Where
do you
go
Mr. fly

In this hallowing
wind
rain

Casually
                  I
open up
the screen
and out
you fly

Is there
freedom
in your
wings?

the good book
says, 'to whom
Much is given
Much is expected'

What did you
Expect??

In that wind
And that rain?


And you just
Might ask me:

What did you expect:

opening
that
screen
in
the
middle of
this
hallowing
rain?

Some-thing

My refuse
Refused
The commode
This morn

Mourn,
Forlorn,
A Storm

Perfect thy
posturing

Vacuuming
The crumbs
No more

Circum-
Stance
Dance

All this
Debri
Added up
To be
some_______

Drive/r

When they
Call you
Genius,
Goes it go to your head?

When they
Call you
Imbecile
Goes it go to your heart?

Smiles
Disguised?
Hugs
Disingenuous?

Ideas run over
A thousand times

That Must
be a
Busy road

Between
Your
Head
And
Your
Heart

Detour

Waving not......

Waves
Grace me

Waves
Embrace me

Teach me
To ride

Curl
crash
snare,
Undertow

falling walls

Bound by
what...
I've seen?
I've heard?
I've thought?

Bound by
who...
A throne?
A pulpit?
A network?

Bound by
where...
Culture?
Customs?
Causality?

All walls fall
Walls all fall

Silence is the music

Not so sure
This time

Tears;
Does each eye
agree?

Is this
Sympathy?


Metaphors
Have run
Dry

Radio died long
Ago
That songs still
Spinning

I tried to
Give you
A
Name

Rushing
To fill
In the
Blanks

Silence is
The
Music

swaying

A thousand
And one crashes
All
At once

Or
One
By
one

How do
You
Prefer
Tragedy
?

Gravity
Pulled you
From the
Womb

Winds
Will howl
And
Toll
For
Thee

Symmetry
Symphony

The horizon licks both ends
With a jubilant
Smile

route

every night,
returning
Home

you've just
forgotten

day in
and
day out

same street lights
same attire
same posture

You,

prodigal
child.

bargainings

'Says who?'

Referenced
alluded and referred

Pointing backwards
a million and one
footnotes

100% guaranteed
No substitutes
No returns

One way
No turn around
No road blocks

sure fire
firewall
foolproof

going once
going twice
going
around
and
round

Axis
and/or
allies

Cyclops

If you
expected
                    perfection
out of me,

You'd
gravely be
                   displeased


If i
expected
                    perfection

out of you
but,
                    that's what i do

hold

,baby;gently

uncertainty;quickly

alarmingly still.


beyond reach.
bearing
open arms

Here:
invitation
to the present.
hold