Thick ham slices carved with a thinned blade,
Small holes, large holes, yeasty smells
Of tasty homemade bread with chewy crusts
and glassine-like spread of white butter
Prepared by Concha, who lectured us in her native tongue
And the only thing comprehensible was her tone,
High-pitched reprimands and demands of some sort. Continue reading “Ham Sandwich” »

Dear Mr. Zinobar:
Can You forgive the members You know best?
Petty grievances,
petty give-nesses,
petty members best forgivenesses?
For high is their take-ness,
high is their forgetfulness. Continue reading “Mr. Zinobar” »

(Dedicated and written for Catalina McKay, 2003)

Billy Boggins and Candy Goggins
Are best of bestest friends.
They run, they scream, they hide, they dream,
They build cardboard forts,
They’re the biggest, most bestest team. Continue reading “Billy Boggins and Candy Goggins” »

Lovely child,
brightened face,
obey your soul,
find peace and grace. Continue reading “Lovely Child” »

Unfettered child
See, my Love, I walk for you.
Wandering footman
See, my Love, all plums, almonds and olives – a bounty for you. Continue reading “Mercy and Grace are Sisters” »

Things flying around my big head, lights, flickers
unmentionable things, undeterminable things.
How did this start?
This route, the beginning? The end? Continue reading “Middleness” »

In this journey
it is important to know,
but it must be knowledge
that does not conceal Continue reading “The Journey and The Lesson” »

Did you know I’d know?
Did you know I’d know and fade cell by cell?
Did you know I’d fade and fade?
Could you’ve guessed
the consequence of diseasing the pact
cell by cell?
Continue reading “Did You Know” »

Enshrine me
Protect me
Provide me
Install me
with big hand affection. Continue reading “Enshrine Me” »

Most of the time I find myself retracing my tracks
recalling dream morsels
like the time I watched two orange lizards dancing
on two legs
and one was fat and bright and full of advice
and the other was sickly and dull and lacking oxygen. Continue reading “Lizards and Apricots” »