Now

these falling

days bruise,

I follow

learned sleepwander;

5 a.m. brings

half-lit trance,

dreamshaken elm

stirs, buoyed buried

scorpio grip conceals

intricate tentacles

beneath libra

rustleleaf branch-dance,

pretend-reacts,

& when did I become

unwilling roots

channeling oxygen

hold on

hold up

or sky will fall?

one more day

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any green day unfolds pink

Maybe you're right,
colorblind and right,
these indigo leaves
I call turquoise
are summerlit green.  We guess.
At sundown, we'll see true.

So, these roses we don't choose,
we name their hues? Red?
I'll tell you later.  We pick
petals and thorns. Maybe.
Maybe I choose to believe.

And you're right, camellias
bloom in an iris.  We ( Read more... )

Absolutely everything about right now, today, everything and everyone in my life, is exactly how I want it to be ( Read more... )

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Broke the Dream of Surface

..
i
broke the dream of surface-
and gasped for air-
i fell
awake-
and realized i was dying
when eyes no longer served as
metaphor

--Rick J

Age six, still piscean,
water-coaxed and pixie-led,
bored on blue-tiled land,
inhaling chlorine and faith,
I first ( Read more... )

Personally, I think that marriage should be a private ritual and not legally sanctioned, but whatever. If it is, then it's a civil right. I am so proud of Salt Lake City for fighting the Mormon church on this one, and I'm glad that the rest of the US is taking notice. I hope that Mormon-owned businesses are boycotted. There are good Mormon people ( Read more... )

*Poets Dating Poets ( Read more... )

Ah, there's nothing as sweet as having the gallery ready for First Thursday on First Tuesday. Cookies baked, tablecloth on the counter, etc. Just need the artists to hang their art tomorrow, pick up the wine, change the litter box right before guests arrive. The usual gallery routine.

xo,
M

Paul Krugman writes re: Sarah Palin's and John McCain's distortions of truth:
"I’m talking, instead, about the relationship between the character of a campaign and that of the administration that follows. Thus, the deceptive and dishonest 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign provided an all-too-revealing preview of things to come. In fact, my early suspicion ( Read more... )