Years ago, we rattled down the drive Step mother is in my mother’s gardenSpraying the beautiful old roseswith poison“Too much work”She said“Not my garden”She said.An act of timed poisoning Fully demented Desiccated and fetal nowThe flames of bardo are licking at our souls, now just a convenient enchanted spray of fading memories 1/4/2023

When white is black
all the bones change
the notes are spread as wings
above a storm

The horseman acts alone
but in fatigue meanders, filled with moisture

When resonance is silence
The tears of God become our wheat

Broken bread is fractured;No splint for the will,the starving child
What excited virgin is tasting blood
as the drums are hammering home?
What soldier’s itchy finger scratching?

The…

The stomachs of giant fishare dried to make the lanternsand the children sing the corn Waves are breakingbehind closed eyespinwheels from etherdance to strings unsung Tigers are wearing all our spacesuitsthe oxygen is slowly burningthe roaring is unendingin the diamonds of the night Drunken sailors are pissinginto the open mouths of baby birdsand all the…