9/30/2010

FOUR+LETR+WORD

PAIN#SAVE#HOUR#DRAW
HOME#LACK#CARE#LAND
WIND#TEAR#READ#LIVE
GONE$WHEN$PART$MORE
DEAR$LONE$LEFT$TREE
REAP%FALL%BURY%WILL
SONG%WING%HUNG%PAST
THEN\HERE\PAGE\STAY
WITH!RUST!TURN!FREE
LORD!BLUE!RAIL!DAMN
TAKE-FAST-WARN-ROAD
LIKE.FIRE.BACK.WEPT
WELL WAKE DEEP NECK

9/20/2010

a jog

one time you went jogging down a footpath near your apartment building. it was a winding, dusty trail that led past slouching houses with dirty windows peering into darkened entry ways. it was broad daylight. you didn't jog too fast because you didn't know the path, and it turned quickly and grew wider or narrower as it slithered through the web of buildings, water pipes, rails, tiny courtyards, occasional streets. sometimes you saw old, lonely-looking people sitting in the houses, doing nothing, merely a glimpse. they seemed like ghosts or holograms, disconnected from the visceral sweaty run of life. you floated past them, they floated past you, trapped in the past. you were restraining your breathing and unconsciously reluctant to make heavy steps, to leave a trace of yourself, to even be seen. you didn't belong, but you were there. after the jog, returning to your apartment and stepping inside, you felt light, unpinned, as though your energy had been displaced. instinctively, you went to the living room to look out the window and see if anyone was running by or watching you. remember?

9/08/2010

sea of fertility


floating across a waterless ocean
without maps for land
or charts for stars
i did all my best to smile
on a voyage out
to nothing from nowhere
dreaming off you all the while
the stillness breathes,
"sail with me ~ staaayyy freee"
slouching toward
backward countless miles

i play a game to pass the time
a silent song to speed me home,
"there is no ship
there is no land
there is no sky
there is no sea
there is no you
there is no me
there is no time
there is no is
there no
there
..."

and then
a stillness,
"sail with me ~ staaayyy freee"

floating across a waterless ocean
without maps for land
or charts for stars
i did all my best to smile...