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

A last love, proper in conclusion, should snip the wings forbidding further flight. But I, now,

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

You drink a bitter draught. I sip the tears your eyes fight to… A cup of lees, of henbane steeped… Your breast is hot, Your anger black and cold,

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

Your skin like dawn Mine like musk One paints the beginning of a certain end. The other, the end of a

I keep on dying again. Veins collapse, opening like the Small fists of sleeping Children. Memory of old tombs,

I note the obvious differences in the human family. Some of us are serious, some thrive on comedy. Some declare their lives are lived

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

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

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…

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

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…

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