Saturday, November 22, 2008

Hits and Misses



Let loose to the wind your many attempts
At divinity, and watch your skin crack,
Your knees fold, your calcifications
Double. You thief. You steal His air,
His grass, His plums--and with them,
His throne. The dust beckons.
The slither of worms call.
You go laughing and He laughs with you,
As His peace is served, your light is snuffed.
It would have been different
Had you heard divinity in the wind.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

A Moment in My Pocket


The child and his bright eyes
Beaming

The curling of his tongue
As wrinkles form
On his face
Gleaming

As he smiles at the sight
Of his smiling father

No thought of taxes,
Price hikes
Or the other got ahead

None of that now

Today it's just him
And his smiling father