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Code Cool

split seconds can carry

quite a surprise

diffuse white matter

will close my eyes

thus brutalized

i will sleep

as if

i were dreaming

 

emergency downbeat

Code Cool begins

rapid sequence intubation

IV squeeze and circulation

thus stabilized

i inspire

as if

i were preaching

 

i square dance slow

make love with my lips

read eyes like books

read books like science

i remember and fix

citation to case

case to form

discombobulation and i

can cook up a storm

i’m Michelangelo's David

tested and worn

 

distal extremity return

my new shoes are wide

they are smooth light brown

fat soles and ties

thus mobilized

and i walk

as if

i were dancing

 

i will speak

as if

i were teaching

 

i will live

as if

i were loving

 

 

The Wind Song

something suddenly cool

something suddenly dearer

someone wonderful who’ll

appear suddenly nearer

someone suddenly cries

soft and low and discreet

language you realize

like perfume is on the breeze

 

something shaking the trees

beyond ocean waves crest

movement nobody sees

til change is manifest

something touching my skin

somehow familiar it seems

so gossamer and thin

these pale and delicate dreams  

 

as our summers end

so we cannot stay

take me with you then

carry me away

home

 

time may suddenly slip

the present may disappear

like the wake of a ship

the thing itself no longer here

somehow sweetly alive

these ghosts that i inhale

the moon and i survive

while the dearly dead prevail

 

la la la la la

la la la la la

la la la la la

carry me away

home

 

 

Romanesque

light as a crystal that flows to sea

you slip like sand away from me

you slip like sand away from me

 

pray the gods will grant me air

tell them i may follow there

 

whisper your name and i will hear

tender the dawn i will be where

love waits for me

 

 

Smash

a crystalline silt 

can start the crumbling

of tall castles built 

on kisses and blood 

and dreams so like sand

the years shake loose 

and we can’t stop falling

drops of quiet salt

from a larger sea

 

so this is the sound 

of a heart breaking

this is the sound of 

the red on the road

 

the spectators stay 

to see the rending

all merely players

in kisses and blood 

and dreams so like sand

last act away and 

the curtain's falling

as i loved you so 

i’m the last to know

 

this is the sound 

of a heart breaking

this is the sound of

the red on the road

 

 

Redshift

i connect the dots

even though I’m not

qualified to plot

our relative positions

something in the air

something whispered where

something we should share

is suddenly suspicious

 

while the world was flat

while content with that

still there was a lack

of proof in our equation

self-centered though i am

now i understand

superstars command

a special calculation

 

Einstein would concur

trajectories are curved

things aren’t what they were

or where we left them

Heisenberg was right

fixing speed and site

for all who love are

blind is unwise and uncertain

 

spinning here myself

it’s difficult to tell

if interstellar movement

is separation

will you leave behind

your planetary guides

for deeper space and time 

and brighter constellations

 

between heavenly bodies

in the dark, dark matter of all

small particles mixing together

for a moment but the moment

comes to nothing so they slip and

fall away from each other

white dwarfs mingling with brown

 

between heavenly bodies

when a cloud tumbles into a cloud

small particles kindling together

for a moment but the moment

comes to something so they

kiss and all aflame with each other

protons lighting the air

 

where a star is born

satellites adorn and

cluster to your more

singular sensation

like the moon we are

lost without our star

lost without our heat

our light, our persuasion

 

silence wouldn’t lie

supposition by 

supposition i

see the wavelengths increasing

gravity belies

sentimental ties

certain now that I’m

running out of time

blue shift now to green

farther still you seem

yellow, orange, red,

this evidence they said

and by degrees i see

you are leaving me

 

 

Spring Song

his absence

fills the pail

like water

to the brim

April comes

and winter

gardens grow

without him

 

afternoon

the unseen

the gentle

lover calls

but softly

on the wind

and softly

evening falls

 

counting back

tea for two

minus one

begets me

though alone

i prefer

a stiff drink

to the tea

 

counting back

one big man

left me light

so i’m fleet

on the porch

swinging high

nearer stars

nearer heat

 

 

Devil's Food

look at me

look at you

baby i can see

we’re a lot a like

does that seem right to you?

 

silk on silk

sweet on sweet

meat on meat

boy you’re smooth

and you’re just my type

does that seem right to you?

 

boy meets boy

girl meets girl

given any chance

to fall in love

they do do do do do

 

like loves like

like devil’s food

like chocolate twice

i’m in the mood

for you you you you you

 

say if you

marry me

can we use

the same smart

accessories

will you spend the night

pretty, please?

 

girl in blue

boy in pink

man i think

this is love

and you’re just my style

can i stay with you a while?

 

 

Scream

Scream

when Sunday

finally comes

and God

isn’t there

 

Scream

the farmer’s

work is done

and the rain

isn’t there

 

Scream

investment

bankers won

and the money

isn’t there

 

Scream

the soldier

has his gun

and the war

isn’t where

 

we thought it would be

post-enlightenment free

just as the sun will set

we will pay our debt

 

Scream

if thousands

speak as one

God will 

be there 

Scream

 

 

The Swim

so fleet

so like

goodbye

with you

at once

too much

too fast

too good

to end

too soon

my love

next time

let’s lie

 

let’s lie

let’s wait

here for

the moon

to light

the shore

to swim

to sleep

to love

too deep

too late

to stop

let’s not

 

so fleet

so like

goodbye

with you

at once

too much

too fast

too good

to end

too soon

my love

next time

let’s lie

 

let’s lie

let’s wait

here for

the moon

to light

the shore

to swim

to sleep

to love

too deep

too late

to stop

let’s not

 

let’s not

go back

the night

is white

the sea

too black

too soft

to leave

too soon

to end

let’s swim

let’s stay

away

 

 

The Storyteller

i have loved you 

a thousand times

cared not a wit 

you were not mine

 

the wise men say

i dove too deep

but fools can swim 

and breathe and sleep

 

under the blue

under the air

magicians we

can conjure where

 

the slightest sigh

above the floor

is like a scream

we do bear more

 

interstices

desire within

split seconds of

a pause so thin

 

this yearning reads

like molten glass

and so we blow 

it is our task

 

to tender well 

the shyest need

the silent prayer 

as thought were deed

 

 

Missing

[Winter]

 

til you call

the redhead guy is warm enough

through the snowfall

he’s funny and he’s tough

weren’t we all?

suntanned rough and tumble

i’ll stay up

i won’t sleep

til you call.

 

[Spring]

 

til you call

the days stay light too white too long

til nightfall

the leaves are lightly green

it is spring

shall my heart go dancing?

shall i sing?

i won’t sleep

til you call

 

[Summer]

 

til you call

the summer rain and summer sun

will install

our beach baby who’s grown

strong and tall

freckled smart on her own

i’ll stay up

i won’t sleep

til you call

 

[Autumn]

 

til you call

the days get short and leaves

begin to color

early evening twilight

barely blue

this winter without you

i will read

i won’t sleep

til you call

 

this winter without you

i will read

i won't sleep

til you call