we have cellphones and electronic notepads

we have cellphones and electronic notepads

but i still write on my hand a line or two

if it is really important to remember

if it is something longer to recall

i'll get a receipt from my wallet 

write on the blank back of it 

because i must do the actions

i am accustomed with and remember

writing with a pen on something 

the pen is mightier than the sword

even has a better memory than me 

---

CM

people meet for the first time

people meet for the first time
it is so good to know you

though we intend for this to be a lie

it is also entirely true

because the universe will have its way

and we are in the service 

of higher truths and major vows

that we gratefully took and now forgot

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ego working time

ego working time 

like a weightlifter pumping iron

able to effortlessly 

bench resentments and goals 

a drunken referee too 

making up the rules as people come and go 

pride beneath is

able to be fashioned into whatever i'd like

to keep me entertained or in thrall

and for it to never be directly viewed 

imagine if the imposter

in the wizard of oz never got caught

or is doing everything to keep

from being exposed 

 

that's me

8

sunburned at the saint croix river

sunburned at the saint croix river

just on the minnesota side 

blue lagoon with waving sea grasses

while boat after boat adventurously run

north or south with american flags

long white trunks of trees

fallen on the beach looking like

ballerina legs in mid flight

a church group comes down

50 or so tightly packed in a mass

and they sing and baptize 

the day seems to last forever

every condition so full and so fixed

blades of grass insects and every stone

all around with light and breeze

the senses seek eyes enchanted

we consider the trek back

gradually we gather things

as the wind blows harder

the water surface stippled

still shining yet evening tint

even the boats go away

then what a fabulous night it must be

at the saint croix river

a forever secant untampered 

with crickets and a billion stars

the calm waters parted slightly

by a wandering deer or frog

v

the dream was having a gem

the dream was having a gem

precious beyond all things 

with any quality imaginable

then rapidly forgotten

within a few seconds 

of being awake

if i could remember

all my dreams i'd be 

the wealthiest midas 

you'd ever meet

o