Monday, October 31, 2011

The Ferryman on Upward Mobility

No matter how hard you tried 
Mate, you’re still here

Being taken down a river 
At low tide— 

So put up your obol and shut up, 
Hold your hands over your eyes,

Enjoy the rest of your ride. 


Sunday, October 30, 2011

Love is More Than a Series of Hackneyed Rhymes and Worn-out Clichés


That is 

Only if you save it,
But not for a rainy day— 
Remember 

There’s not a cloud 
In the sky— 
Promise 

You won’t go away. 

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Morning Constitutional Amendment, Article One


We the people 

How little we understand 
Of what we see— 

(Flash of insight)—as in 
How did that false dawn get past me? 

Time to stop gallivanting 
And look again 

At what we didn’t see.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Getting Away from the Pressure Cooker








Our breakfast nook








where 
one 
small 
step 

outside our kitchen 
and we’re miles away, 
taking our time 

(fast breaking slowly) 

savoring the start 
of one more day. 

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Reading Dynamics


Having run through 
Ten thousand years of history, 

And finding myself 
Myriad pages ahead of where 
I would normally have been, 
I now felt strong enough 
To demolish everything— 

Even that immense blank wall slowly
Building up inside me. 

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