Yearly Archives: 2008

internecine

decide to walk or ride outside our comfortable walls: gaze avert scope straight ahead ears close down secure brains stay alert but chakras tight for all outside is only pain: thief, murderer, rapist, sinner as we see them so they … Continue reading

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spring moult

Some dress in layers for the cold: sweat-absorbing long johns, tee shirt, two pairs of socks, thick pants, sweater, vest, jacket, gloves, mittens, toque, and boots. Some slide into a winter snowsuit over regular clothes, add winter boots and mittens, … Continue reading

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edge

at a certain age he found vertigo sucking his imagination over the twelfth floor balcony rail siren gravity pleaded from the edges of the planet horizons begged voluptuous clawed into the ledges of sleep he sat on the edge of … Continue reading

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