bamboo moon

o the ecstasy of mosquito bite!
red fester on naked thigh,
no romantic ode!

soaked

summer rain a ten-minute deluge
from lungs of imaginary
sky god

between breaths

summer lightning in fluted wineglass
tilted sparkle

not a persied

dark shelf

matchbox toys
tiny women that jump and run
clockwork by swiss alchemist
long dead

buried with pawn ticket!

30th anniverary

front porch zydeco
heard for a mile
brown jug & two spotted glasses

mama dances dizzy
papa sets her down on the swing

large heavy people
kissing & petting all night long!

porous

belly flesh pink as a conch's song
by the sea,
                    a slow burn
while pretending to be asleep:

12 sorority sisters,
a confederacy
a coven--

one turns over to tan her back,
the others do the same!

afterglow

sawgrass moon
low over rusted
cowshed roof--

we walk by, gaily
unbuttoned.

home watch-lights
(guilty windows)
lay ahead.

owl's mute nocturne:

inquisition of elders.

ex nihilo

unmoored moon
cold face in the trees
bright as the beating of my heart

hush
listen
be