Tender Riftstender riftsTender Rifts
white throat, pale croak,
choked in mid-profession swallow down the lead, and clench that gullet tight. swell those blistered fists;
finger nails chewed jaggedly teeth clash tender rifts in silence.
summer descending, dreary september afternoon. the sun melts on sizzling granite hills Dreams depart and re-appear neath' shallow stars and moon. we're worlds apart yet seeming near We'll merge our shadows soon.
Tough it out through oatmeal haze and shiver off the cold. convulsion nights and anxious days, melanc
Eyes closedMy hand in my hand fingers meshed for little squeezes Eyes closed, in the dark i imagine one is yours. My hand: thick and knuckled, sinew grip. Your hand: smooth kitten curled napping against my palm. Eyes closed I imagine your hand, cuteness, soft caress, But I cannot fool myself.Eyes closed
Pillows stacked and doubled take the shape of your curves. Eyes closed, in the dark I imagine they are you. Arms wrapped tight I hold you through the night. Your body: hot skin, breath like the tides, naked pressed breasts My pillow: empty feather embrace, lifeless, mocking. Eyes closed
crows in the raincrow in the rain jet black wet backed inverted albino of the sky trickle trickle, slip-thwip matted wings, flutter, sputter, splatter things hop-bop, doink doink-twitter feet, between green dew earthen hairs. humid stormy squawks of power caw-caw-cawl me god gods of the storm, unfettered, unfretted.crows in the rain
old rockbig rock, old rock big and old, grand and ancient. split rock, love rock fractal devision, desolate pasture.old rock
atop mossy stone fissure, united we rest, unlike our host. we the fleshy moss that brings life to desolate stone, we the daydreaming lizards of irony basking our human-salamander skin on sunbaked stone, we the zen bodhisatvas of the modern mountain majesty, shrugging off our thoughts of quarters and dimes.
A penny for your troubles old rock, old farmer, old field, old friends. a nickel for your future young rock, young girl, young boy, young friends.
we the
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