the Way is open gaping sore but clean
snow prospects the paralyzing pristine
winter city suspends geometry of belief
arrested habits trajectory on trial
the Way will close nestled coy denial

full moon and us in the womb with howl
ancestor sounds contorting mouth, kiss and scowl
life cycle of voice in lung, arise decay
we sang our primordial inheritance into the night
every lifetime compressed, erupting birthright

Cloud Corporation

cloud corporation
privatized vapor
monthly bills condense
april showers bring
surcharge fees

sí también la lluvia
why wouldn't they?
(puddle schemes)
(risk pools)
lifewaters
already enslaved
faucet chattel
*utilitized*

cumulo-nimbus tax
thunderhead portfolios
investors delight
$$ evaporates
from our breath
wealthy wind
supply chain
to cloud corporation

eye womb

eye womb
envisions
moon gift
sees into
dark folds
time fabric
woven body
intimate unknown
sight as
existence
unfertilized
first fruits
teaching
inner pupil
fearful wonderful
forms

dissipating, cataclysmic

I can't care for you the way that you care for me
my mind is restless
the churned white cerebrum of
ocean waves
--dissipates--
as soon as synapse with sand
my thoughts spread
vast networks
tangled roots of prairie grass
one plant think for miles

my dear
if someone pushed you over the crest
of a hill's infinity
you would keep rolling
asymptotic
in your path
with no god to halt
your physmatic inevitude

I don't love you that way
Loving you
Happens
an 80ft tidal wave
free of neural foam
a lightning strike
breaks knotted root earth
An arrest
--cataclysmic--
of mind, constant nomad

Slow is Smooth, Smooth Is Fast

crowds ripple

stuttering tides ebb and course

through a wide well of bodies

crested waves carry

chants

covert commands

quakes of conviction that surge

and then disperse

we wade deep into the well of bodies

arms linked to stay afloat

our eyes scan the shifting swells

as lines of men with guns

draw closer and smile

consider the rabble roused

the crowd’s current is tension electric

any moment our collective breath

could lung to life the next battle hymn

---

Suddenly the hideous crack of stun grenades

The nauseating cackle of tear gas canisters

The rippling crowd turns into a tsunami

Waves of terror crash

Upon sensory shores

And all around the pounding splash

Of panicked feet against pavement

You turn and bolt

The crowd becomes a blur as you lurch me away from the glowing smoke

No. No no no. No No no no No no No

I grab your slipping hand

Heave you from the fearful current

Pulling us to shelter

I cradle your face

The acrid whiff of explosives

Dangerously close

We don’t run we don’t run we don’t run

don’t you know

slow is smooth

and smooth is fast

when time itself speeds up

you must gather your old bones

and with every ancient tendon of your will

pull time back

Resist the rip tide in the ocean of bodies

It will drown you

Resist the hemorrhage of reason in your panicked brain

It will bleed you dry

even if every crevice of your body

feels the shockwaves of fear

even if your splintered mind

darts ahead of you

even if every itching nerve

screams for you to run

slow is smooth and smooth is fast

---

the chemical haze cloud of menace

evaporates

as a sea of desperate reddened eyes

peer towards the ivory tower

big man steps onto balcony

big suit taps microphone

big jowls quiver

as big man clears last chunk of

coward from back of throat

go home, citizens

don’t worry that change is slow

don’t you know

slow is smooth and smooth is fast

we can’t run towards the blind sunrise of freedom

it’s too dangerous

arms still clutched in yours

I peer into your eyes

And see

Every buried burning

Need to RUN

-----

Don’t you know

Slow is smooth

And smooth is fast

But I just wanna run, big man

When will we be free to run

When will every buried burning

Need

To RUN

Be set free

Assorted Late Night Haikus

bruises change color
as blood transforms to new skin
like autumn leaves fade
 ---
teardrops on creases
where paper held your secrets
ink will not let go
---
all my heart's hidings
shall shortly be made knowings
no need for endings
---
silken core of me
envelops with such mercy
heart race, breath quickens
---
sweet feline nuzzle
lets me know why cheerful love
begets simple trust
---
eat today's flowers
smell tomorrow rainy dirt
see yesterday's breeze