written 1998
Orange is of fire It burns its sweet flavor Onto the retina of her Purple mind, which Is dark and soft
She eternally sleeps, Forever seventeen, In the ground Beneath Poseyville. Just a face in the crowd
Remember him when the sky is dark, And clouds hide burning stars. Think of him as the rain rushes To touch his skin, and trees Dance around him through the wind.
Snow swirling from mountains ascen… Whitecaps racing from the shore wo… Crescendos cascading down the cany… Grit scouring age lines into her f… While
Every now and then, When he feels like a writer... When ideas are embedded in his hea… And every which way he turns He bounces gently off the insides…
Lemon tasting baby dreams Like so many days spent in Readin… Muggy restlessness of summer Watching Kung Fu Or eating
He heard of the death of his frien… Her husband called to tell him she… He, the man who’d barely known her… And who had always made it clear h… Because of certain unspeakable int…
What goes on in the underground? Beyond and beneath the warm, Serene fields of neutral conversat… Inside the hollow caverns, down In the dark tunnels where
The wind is the tree’s very breath… Grand branches undulate Back and forth across a cloudless… Leaves flutter and shine like diam… As the tree continues its dance.
Close your eyes and listen, To the music in your head. It sings of all your hopes and dre… The things you fear or dread. It sings of all the happiness,
He never loved himself But he fell in love with a woman. He never loved himself, But he fell in love with his work. He never loved himself,
The breath of tropic winds, ocean… Bends before purple altars Of bougainvillea As incense of night blooming cereu… Swings nocturnal stupor
The world came to an end in pools… And a flash of blinding, sterile w… Like some cosmic nurse saying, “Bend over, this won’t hurt a bit, Buck up little camper, take it lik…
Like your name, You gather up the light And, smiling, share its wonder, Somehow persuade the bleakest day To part its clouds,
Now is the time, here is the place… He see kindness and beauty all ove… Girl you know it’s true. The love in his eyes is for only y… When he sees you, his heart starts…