untitled.

when i do not like

the answers

i reverse

and try to change

the question

but it's always 

too late

the thinking

has set them

in stone.

if i try again,

i know

that i know

what i really 

want

to

know

is 

exactly

the same

as before.

i can 

rephrase.

i can reach out

grasping for

something else, but

i come away

holding the same.

truth no. 7

Sometimes it's hard to listen to the answers.

Yellow Woman In the Desert

see, shift, asking, ambivalent, bodies, lured, agreed, stop, why, yet, look, secret

see out over

the sand

dunes that
shift and settle

wind blowing
answers, never
asking

dust falling
into every ambivalent line

a mirage of
bodies

lured by
the smell of water

it does not
matter,
the desert will agree

to stop is to die.

so why did you
come here?

you sought barren
wilds, yet look -

every grain
of sand is fecund.

the secret lies
in the ability to start all over again.

truth no.5

 clean sheets + Hercule Poirot = The cat's pajammas

truth No.2

i would look lame 
in skinny jeans.

Not Another Lovesong.

see waking promise keening frostbitten not power trust room stone carry we

see here,
now

the waking
is slower
these days

don't forget
your promise
to keep

don't go
keening for
what's broken

what we had
is only
frostbitten

and with warmth
we'll thaw

the freezer burned
taste will
not be
forgotten

no matter how
high
the power

i trust you
enough
to throw you

i won't turn
my back
on you
in the room

but i'll toss
you like a stone

that i have
carried so long
in my pocket

we eat slowly
the things
we are ashamed of.

A Subtle & Sticky Repair

what i haven't got

that's what you 

want

what isn't mine

to give 

that's what 

you take

we'll find a way

to pay,

i promise

we'll be alright

in the end

somehow we always

float to the top

with the 

creme

you'll see