There was on my property an old gnarled stump, it was weathered and hardened, It was aesthetically pleasing as d… but I decided to take it to a spec…

A tide of blood, miniature in compare— But an ocean no less, to the virus in there.

In your gut is an empire— Spells, tug of war, Holy Days, ascent, decline.

Finally alone, I lie with a volum… I venture again to hear the injunc… normally I savor their sensitivity… but tonight all I can think about

It occurs to me now that no one hears my song. Still young, I am discarded. I don’t anticipate being surprised at my aloneness in old age.

Praise those who sit and wait for nothing. Who sit still and know they are owed nothing. On the mat each inhalation

A Sacred Site, to my mind, is the last place you’ll ever stan… Such a place reveals hypocrisy without shaming,

Formulate an agenda Make friends. Label enemies. Identify beliefs. Re-examine.

To be a ghost is to always be aghast— To not know which direction is the future or the past.

Which came first, the egg or the h… An old friend visits on the anniversary of his death— He finds a voice

I know people see him and think, “Gee, that’s crazy.” Which makes it embarrassing to see him

I’ll give you what I got, I can part with it all. I have gifts— A silk tongue,

There is a stream of what could have been which flows on with the same rate and newness of what is.

I would lie with my hand on the B… I would lie with my hand on a stac… of Holy Qurans. I would look you dead-in-the-eye, and tell you a lie.

Nothing is all I ever wanted, now I’ve got it all! Careful! Lest I become a braggart… From nowhere it’s a hard fall.