TWO ROSES
D Press
Ellensburg 1993
Cover collage by the author
TWO ROSES
Two roses in the park
two noses in the dark
Flowers blooming
in and out—
Monsters moving
in and out—
Sometimes I think
it has been a fall scene
A false scene
since the very beginning
Two roses in the park
two noses in the dark
CHILLING OUT WITH THE ECLOGUES
I smoke and contemplate
autumn in this millenium
I am still here
reading Virgil
The leaves turn to gold
So much for Caesar
and so much for...
"Damn, Silenus
How do you expect me to rhyme ease
with bees in my beard?"
RELAX
Relax and read
the stove'll go out
You may have cleaned it
and it will go out
Open the grate
and burn your fingers
Get soot on the rug
and get really pissed
Smear the soot deeper
FRIENDS
Two friends sit
near this fire
counting stars
Ears hear fire
eyes see light
here in this air
Garden of stars
garden of fire
garden of air
WALKING
You have a quick mind
and soft lips
I have a soft mind
and quick lips
Walking up Maple
crossing to Alder
"A Hawthorn?"
"No, a Russian Olive."
Around us, the leaves
fall all fall long.
DO I HEAR TRUMPETS?
Do I hear trumpets
or is it thunder?
Shadowy letters flicker
Everything has stopped—
crazy
Inside and out
just totally black
I'm not sure
if I should take a walk
or lean back
MARCH OF REDS
A march of reds
and yellows
in a marsh of reeds
A marshmallow
over an open fire
in Indian summer
We really should know
where the nearest firehouse
is located
SILENT LANGUAGE
A cut rose in a vase
an invisible rose growing here
The touch of your tongue
on my lip
My palm on the curve
of your hip
REAL
I'm glad you too
like to hug and kiss
trees
A man and a miss
in bliss—
this's what this is
