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poems to sarah

July 2, 1996

            with a few pennies in the pockets full of hallucination
            inside a fist full of illusions

            listen to the stone balancing the mountain
            to the clock in the heart running out of time

 

                        waited
                        inside zero gravity
                        waited
                        beyond the space
                        filled in graphite
                        waited
                        knowing behind all that
                        is futility
                        waited
                        for footsteps to enter
                        waited
                        for skin to connect
                        feeling earth
                        touching us
                        waited
                        inside the sphere
                        with thoughts
                        the laser did not print out
                        waited
                        for the naked body
                        to lock together
                        in naked fusion
                        & every night
                        mysteriously someone
                        touches the key
                        DELETE
                       

August 4, 1997

tenderly
     the night
          inhabits
               you
                    with
                         rain

                              drops

tenderly
     you
          inhabit
               the rain

                    drops

 

June 3, 1997 

 

in my solitude
                   with the persistence of vision
                                                            your breathing haunts me

in my solitude
                   the waling siren awakens war apparitions
                                                            your breathing haunts me

in my solitude
                   the ambulance rush through ghost streets multiple channels
                                                            your breathing haunts me

in my solitude
                   with time’s unknown dimension
                                                            your breathing haunts me

in my solitude
                   who combs your hair when your high fever is under the electric iceblanket
                                                            your breathing haunts me

in my solitude
                        your breathing lives on haunting my vision
                                                                                            in my solitude

 

 

August 17, 1997
10:40 PM

saw la strada again
    the street so far
        beyond the cyberspace edge
            where the sea turtle returns
                fertilizing the eggs
                    with the cosmic seed
                        hatching my memories

wanted to see you there as a word
in the ordinary passage of a day
to stay till the program consumes time

                                     time does not consume love
                                     love consumes time with its surrounding space

a stainlesssteel plate
    seals the sky
        its impenetrable metallic light
            reflects a passing day
                with no elongating shadows

the heart machine
    breaks
        inside a passing car
            the breath machine
                breaths through trembling leaves
                    then breaks in the bicycle spinning spokes
                       

                                                a day passes
                                                      with & without street sounds
                                                          breathing with the wooden clown
                                                             sitting on the silent computer

                                                saw la strada again
                                                    last night
                                                        a street so far away
                                                            beyond the cyberspace edge