as if the sky / was coming out of

as if the sky
was coming out of
the apartment

from the
second story
painted blue

inside
the upper rooms
clouds rest

on chairs
call them
for rain or thunder



***



malta

the link to the page is broken / but the error is the point

the link to the page is broken
but the error is the point

just like the finger points
blocks the full moon

message broken we fall silent
mind settles and is now




****

every morning / i awake

every morning
i awake
encased in flesh
bone and grist
when earlier
as a child
i sprang forth
from bed
without even
a second
thought beyond
joy

but every morning
i am so happy
to be alive
this joy
gets stronger
and younger
every
morning

as ageless
as the
light past
the drapes
and as
exultant

----

Florida Street
St Louis Park

the spring pushes out

the bright still winter day
has no aspirations barely moves

yet stuns us into silence
borne from natural admiration

steady shining light
simplicity and stark beauty

devoid of exaggeration

glittering snow
is glittering snow

trees in a line down
to the frozen brook

were a black patch shines
a small bird dances

the spring pushes out


---------------





the bright still winter day
has no aspirations and barely moves
yet stuns us into silence and
ego-less contemplation of awareness

borne from a natural admiration
of simplicity and stark beauty
devoid of exaggeration through
the steady shining light

glittering snow is glittering snow
trees in a line down to the frozen brook
were a black patch shines a small bird
dances the spring pushes out



____

Joe's Place
Corcoran

some people are still wondering

some people are still wondering
if animals dream when life for us all
is a dream and many of these creatures
have better ones than ours

***

we are all born crazy/ and not fitting in

we see his place
sparking white stone walls
forged out of talent
out of creative compulsion

he died alone
without his friends or family
every outfit like
the layers of an onion
that had no end to it

there are
intangibles with everyone
when you experience them
you know a little bit more
about who they are

why they are
irreplaceable

some come here like
a bolt of lighting
they are the flash and boom
in things they say and do
what they make

and

we are all born crazy
and not fitting in
and this feeling stays
and we shine painfully
or we quash it


-----

Chanhassen
9/29.19