9/9/09
The vowel "I" peels a scab:
Your voice spoons back to meet me.
Red as the only essential lesson.
9/23/09
a sea worn roar rounds out
the truth of any mouth : dumb
word nub is what sands away
10/7/09
We lift stools off brass
railings: We drink beer every
dollar pinned to the bottle green ceiling.
10/21/09
She holds two hands in front of her face:
Huddled lips stick to sunlight's threading.
The number 10 -- or -- surrender.
11/4/09
night sequins sew your arms:
the day of the dead turns
bell hung stars into dance
11/18/09
As if I could break the ocean
with my no light arrow, or sling back
my to be into the blue endless.
12/2/09
My rows dry scales, eye beads
holy. Down in the fish kills.
Wet in the bush bones.
1/20/10
But who gave July its rust name?
Genesis swells road dust and veins spread
like pigeons fanning each mapped exit.
2/3/10
The square won't say, "Lash away the I don't know"
with a blink : Tenderness is a penny
banked in your own back pocket.
2/17/10
water faucet heavy we flood from
tub (damp) bed (drop) to grocery (wet) ketchup aisle don't
do not read into this
3/3/10
corn rows recede your straight lines—
rain beads shimmy to felt puddles
I answer with mothballs
3/17/10
Here, a sea blade cuts domestics.
White rushed tea cups windy bluffs,
the walkable cliffs, and their wooden island.
4/28/10
Dear: I awoke your sour pun scrape thru sheets.
Abbey, won’t you rend me? Rocky
roads break / open for us.