we can hold hands and try not to stumble
against the strong wind
we might hang onto electric poles
and dream a light beyond our lips and fingertips
but the sunset approaches, and
we cannot not last in the dark.
Daylight is all we have,
my jacket and your heart are full of holes
our coins can afford us a one way bus trip to
the flat city where the future calls.
my darling one, how many more shades of pain
must we wear before allowing ourselves to drift away
from one another and shrivel in secret?

a decade ago friend
departs leaving
my soul
heavy and sad
in the wake of this
parking space.

notes passed in class
of a non offensive nature

staring around waiting
hoping
i will see you again…
till then (!)

something, someone, tells me
hoping is not in vain
everyone gives up on
rejection. feelings of
lost
ones. but i
cannot give up on 100 pounds of puppy
kome home. soon. please. – you need a shower

Never a dull moment in my life

Shielding my eyes from dust storms

Watching the stock cars spin out

Hoping they won’t crash and burn.

Never a dull moment in my life

Off the highway we drove home

At least until we ran out of gasoline

And pushed our car all the way home