My man is Black Golden Amber Cha… Warm mouths of Brandy Fine Cautious sunlight on a patterned r… Coughing laughter, rocked on a whi… Graceful turns on woolen stilts S…

A Rock, A River, A Tree Hosts to species long since depart… Mark the mastodon. The dinosaur, who left dry tokens Of their sojourn here

The sun has come. The mist has gone. We see in the distance... our long way home. I was always yours to have.

There are some nights when sleep plays coy, aloof and disdainful. And all the wiles that I employ to win

Her arms semaphore fat triangles, Pudgy hands bunched on layered hip… Where bones idle under years of fa… And lima beans. Her jowls shiver in accusation

Funky blues Keen toed shoes High water pants Saddy night dance Red soda water

When I think about myself, I almost laugh myself to death, My life has been one great big jok… A dance that’s walked A song that’s spoke,

Tears The crystal rags Viscous tatters Of a worn-through soul Moans

A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing

We wear the mask that grins and li… It shades our cheeks and hides our… This debt we pay to human guile With torn and bleeding hearts… We smile and mouth the myriad subt…

Shadows on the wall Noises down the hall Life doesn’t frighten me at all Bad dogs barking loud Big ghosts in a cloud

A Rock, A River, A Tree Hosts to species long since depart… Marked the mastodon, The dinosaur, who left dried token… Of their sojourn here

Lying, thinking Last night How to find my soul a home Where water is not thirsty And bread loaf is not stone

Your smile, delicate rumor of peace. Deafening revolutions nestle in th… cleavage of your breasts