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

Like a Somali pirate just pull up on the Grim Reaper, surprise him

Just leave the fucking flags at ha… Or half-staff. Or whatever it’s called. Just fucking leave them there.

Every once in a while, when my bunkmates are asleep (or at least I hope they are), and the jingle of the keys fades to the end of the hall,

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

I once found in what appeared to be cistern carved within a boulder, an owl’s wing,

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.

This day, there is no ONE to beat your fist… No party, no tyrant, not even a faction—

The moment you flit by my ear, my strings are severed, I droop like a marionette— I remember I know nothing.

A Sacred Site is the ultimate emblem, a trophy of the horizon’s finitude… No better a final gate, no more wiser a runway,

(1) Under an open window I gaze out until the wonder is gon… Having run out of questions I fal… but perk up when a stray cat appea…

When I see the little holes where the earrings used to be I wonder what they embraced and then renounced to get to now.

Therein are the spoils of sorrow, the fruit of hardship, where wind snaps and prevails. Death whispers a hollow secret and I still a shiver

Love is a svelte dagger, a gentle rapping, a triple-seven. Love is my law, makes me weep,

Love is endless. Mercy, too. A great debt unpaid, sitting on my doorstep, first-class.