Beautiful melodies
promise promise
the truth
mud mud
burn book
riders riders
the collection on the river
climb to the sky
crawl
look at
at the horse run
in waves
delirium
Know how
knife knife
supplier
talk about
to her
of the ports
shake but say
beloved hustle
caught in circles
horses stand up
blind
hour
every hour
hear hear
that's that
repeat together
books in hell
study strictly
early start
repeated words
murmured in progress
of interrogation
Good intuition
silent silence
secret
still so still
Back to back
former
surface fly
claw
during the exploration
enter into
Let's go
put all
down down
to bring
All things
down down
flame among others
side side
follow the flame
crying watch
Remember
& mortis
confront the circle
tell me
count on
count count
work work
on numbers
like Prague rabbi
follow after fact
Enter in
body body
night night
count on
burn out
days on the end
I feel
for this
move around
to dark days
sorting stones
hear the story SURRENDER
count on
surrounded by haunted begin
before the breath
to sing

rise
& fall
of species

read carefully
hands over fist

primordial
& proud

seethe

oracles eloquent

testament
or truth

goes
over head

held
on

to body

tight

rarely look
backwards

give gift
naturally as narcissus
near pool

stand
waiting for water

heart
refusing to function

hands conceal
all else behind

conception clear

takes all
night

to explain

on
prescription

chase

chase dragon

elaborate under
interrogation

break down

wisdom wounds

itself
not above
but always below

share shelter

smell
blood
& bones

fight for night

straight
from body

close eyes
& read

between lines
& grids grow

in valley
you were born

go down
by river

wait on bridge

ground
zero closer
than you think

A summer breeze,
The Butterfly Effect –
They are both at ease, till –
“What the hack!”

Well, that’s my point,
Your brilliant round-heads --
They’re out of joint;
You’re off your meds.

You know what I’m capable of;
You’ve used me thus far;
I’ve served you below and above.
How do you think you’ve come this far?

The wisp you required when first fire you lit;
The breeze-scent you used when hunting;
The pleasure you felt just to sit
Under an air-cushion bunting?

Then came the time you took to sea.
Ah, you got to know me well, then.
For, without me thus, where would you be?
Stuck – back in that old stodgy den.

But, no, once you learned to use me well,
Out on the briny deep,
From sun-up till nighttime fell;
It was I who lulled you to sleep.

Yes, there were times I got a bit rough;
But you studied all that, too.
You learned that, despite me, you could be tough.
You conjured up new derring-do.

Without me you’d still be there on dry land,
Crossing the long miles afoot.
But, then, you found me – “Strike up the band!”
Now, it’s off to where e‘er the winds put.

A continent with creatures
Of your same design
Lay unknown, its hidden features
Protected by brine.

But, one of you, bravely
Used me for his venture.
Those who followed, knavely
Committed acts of censure.

No matter how I rattle;
No matter how I roll;
You bear me and you prattle;
You withstand all the toll.

But, never before did you use me thus:
Such brilliance did you bring.
It set the crown before us;
Upon me did you take wing!

Not only to the inner sky
Did you upon me soar?
You took yourself to another high,
Where you needed me no more.

Among the planets now you float,
Beyond my earthbound ken.
You now revel in your remote
And quiet, windless Zen.

But, back on earth at home you are,
And where you’ll always be,
I still can topple your damned car
Or churn a listless sea!

With all the force I yet command,
You still burn fossil fuel.
You must see that idea’s not so grand;
It is not energy-renewal.

You use me now in doses small,
To turn some of your wheels.
But lately you’re a big, brick wall,
While the environment bell peals.

A better effort is now required,
With sun and wind and waves.
You cannot go on, being mired
In ancient monsters’ graves.

The earth is a cosmic beauty,
Singularly known.
It is a universal duty
Not to let her turn to stone.

You are her stewards,
Ye brilliant folk of earth.
She has no other wards;
‘Twas she who gave you birth.

Just as she has nurtured you,
Thus it is your turn.
You certainly know just what to do;
Her gratitude you must earn.

Let not her rising waters flow
Beyond your structured shore.
This honored truth you all do know:
When icebergs melt, the sea is at your door.

Your planet was one with nature;
Then, did you arrive.
Manufacture became nomenclature;
Now, help her to survive.

Use us, your earthly allies,
The sun the waves the wind;
Let us help you to realize
All that which you must rescind.

mouth mufled
in glass
grinding

again
& again

when
whispering

red rivulets
run

from lips
& tongue
touching man
hood until
it spills
as a fountain
at my feet

light
below
light

skin
endless sheet
see through

what we were
in those places
of refuge

blood
running
rivulets
from lips
beautiful lips

smearing
belovede's visage

magnificent

mask

viper's
vengeance
still speaks
to characters
in clay

who crod
here

who

who

who crowd
here

serpents cannot sleep

sacred seconds
defiled in detail
man ô man

what were we

night
upon night

lamentation's
labor

fealty
to
fear
beloved

&
grey
horse
galloping
in veins

come
crunch shars
in mouth
& murmur

murmur
life's

blood
burning

bath & bed

viper's
virtue

ordained
in fervor

to be

to be

ferocious
constantly

carry
out

trial of trials

beloved
stay
as other

flesh flees

ambushed
by angels

disguised
as raptors

reviving
space

within what

breath left
in gain
in grain

in your gestures
beloved

as you
embraced beast

compulsive
caresses'

carefully
calculate

monster's
measure

here
there

this
that

bloody pool
i enter

delicately

death
has human voice

that
so

clear
milarepa

sang
so

he
sang
so

100
000

songs
still

staining sight

of rav seira

languishing
גולם

dust diminishes

penalty
promised

feed
fanaticism
beloved

taste
our tongue tell
all

obscure

gift
grieve grief

upon granite

clay
comes one

steps
to
tomb

weaves desire
for wraiths
& wretches

tell tree
what you yearn
to comprehend

clots covering
bridal cloth

grind glass
beloved

our lips
commence
to couple

create
fluid's
flood

throughout
copse creatures
crawl

towards
thirst

that
thirst

first
thirst