BLUE LIGHT
D-PRESS
ELLENSBURG, 1995
Cover Watercolor by Sandra Wilder
BLUE LIGHT
trying to talk of love
I struggle with words
tied to my heart
only afraid love
will end, love
let us be
blissful as bees
in the buzz
of honeymaking
¤
long night
morning sun—
lady in blue
nice to see you
dressed in diamonds
your best suit
ready for business
hardass business
harder than diamonds
¤
a lady in blue
passed through
lilac in winter
a wave of blue air
blue lady, persuade me—
my life goes on
going and going
I watch the moon
on snow tonight
blue light
bright blue light
¤
sunny moon
several shades of blue
a face whose lips say
she loves me
destiny at my fingertips
infinity a little way
beyond the stars—
probably doesn't stop there
SHIFTED
a distortion
in the fog
a man without
form
a man with
one arm
a man with
one lip
an old man
I finally understand
ASSURED
lines of light
run off to the bay
this house—
comfortable
like the face
you live in
there's a medical
clause...
the longest steps
are those to home
BOTANICAL
slanted rain falls
on blank flowers
in a mechanical garden
I have desperation
I walk like a dog
without shifting my gaze
OK
if I can
get up
if not
I'll crawl
all the way
to Australia
HOME
dust piles up
I don't think
we'll ever get
unpiled
we have a full
house
I think we need
four big aces
to go under
our big asses