• vex – self portrait

    vex tears pour race escape
    the deplorable chore of my face
    bog fog sock-lock on shore
    heart shatter core
    for where are there rays of light
    praise the dawn shrug night
    entangle integral terrible throng
    thugs will mug me when i’m wrong
    indelible inkling write passage
    scripted miscarriage
    encrypted ravage
    patch a batch of cabbage
    you starry eyed savage
    shockingly disparage
    peace & love of the Sabbath
    bathe in foibles end morals
    force compromise no promises
    melancholy kind immature
    signature unsigned amateur.

  • sun in his sky

    and in the wood
    play among the wolves
    upon the glen to glide barefoot
    along the glade
    rain pour down in the shade where tree limb shook
    lie flat against the amethyst rocks fragrant jasmine
    flow down stream into brooks
    a scenic solitude rekindle quietude
    muffled splashes carry the stone honed coast of evermore
    close hawks boast to toast
    their caws from the sycamore
    giant oaks
    litter the coarse ground
    with acorn
    the wind whips tremendous chill ferocious through the trees
    in a moment from autumn
    to winters drop in barometric pressure
    mourn summer days long since gone that filled the body with pleasure
    give me sun in his sky
    sea surf sand
    in pink and blue and tan
    where does the sun go when it rains?
    is he Incognito at Starbucks playing video games?
    or is he listening to an old recording by Johnny Mathis “when sunny
    gets blue”?

  • when

    when the painting keeps you from fainting
    paintbrush in the hand
    hand me down from mama
    and the intrepid man
    slight of hand
    onions around the lamb
    makes me feel so humble
    truth is that I can
    right the wrongs of stumble
    across the crooked land
    cook for me a summer feast
    sweet the orange yam
    counterfeit a smile
    for everything I am
    to look on till tomorrow
    for love is felt more than
    the swelter of a lie
    may helpers never die
    remembered Queenie’s apple pie
    a flaky a crust am I.