A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing

I keep on dying again. Veins collapse, opening like the Small fists of sleeping Children. Memory of old tombs,

She came home running back to the mothering blackness deep in the smothering blackness white tears icicle gold plains of… She came home running

Pretty women wonder where my secre… I’m not cute or built to suit a fa… But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say,

A Rock, A River, A Tree Hosts to species long since depart… Mark the mastodon. The dinosaur, who left dry tokens Of their sojourn here

I’ve got the children to tend The clothes to mend The floor to mop The food to shop Then the chicken to fry

We wear the mask that grins and li… It shades our cheeks and hides our… This debt we pay to human guile With torn and bleeding hearts… We smile and mouth the myriad subt…

We were entwined in red rings Of blood and loneliness before The first snows fell Before muddy rivers seeded clouds Above a virgin forest, and

When I think about myself, I almost laugh myself to death, My life has been one great big jok… A dance that’s walked A song that’s spoke,

Beloved, In what other lives or lands Have I known your lips Your Hands Your Laughter brave

I note the obvious differences in the human family. Some of us are serious, some thrive on comedy. Some declare their lives are lived

Funky blues Keen toed shoes High water pants Saddy night dance Red soda water

Your smile, delicate rumor of peace. Deafening revolutions nestle in th… cleavage of your breasts

My man is Black Golden Amber Cha… Warm mouths of Brandy Fine Cautious sunlight on a patterned r… Coughing laughter, rocked on a whi… Graceful turns on woolen stilts S…

The sun has come. The mist has gone. We see in the distance... our long way home. I was always yours to have.