first
sound out
the words
begin with
g-r-a-v-i-t-y
the tulips of a gas
giant
next
parenthesis
everything
(th(e t)ul(ips) of (a) gas)
g)ia(nt
and mostly
last
the idea of the self
just as meaning
really is less
meaning
a grasshopper
on a
concrete whisper
Baffled like the parchment sun
And if hell is a hula-hoop
This evening has the hips for you
It better this way
A heart of almost
Keeps one steady
Crumpled up like a basement door
The seasons are the friction of motion
And if I had to guess
Life is red lips
The nomination of significance
In the spaces between words some find a footing on. Of silence there is no getting one’s head around.
So let them cashier us let them muddle thoughts and beg our wants but never our soil will not ring with the footfalls of clumsy angels.
The hot night of the hot hotel of the mouth.
Because I quit this tenement of capital.
before something is real
it looks up into the sky
the weather report from 11 years ago
tattooed on my leg
is 20 years old
before something is real
it leaks god
our sun is a star of
1,000
000,000
000,000
000,000 stars
religion is a mosh pit
a deliberate humanism
at the diner, the waiter asked,
does the sea on stern knees
catch its fish by hand?
This is the way to lose
By the seams of our nativities
The sea is an inchworm and myopic
The sea is an easy song, too easy, and too complicated for god
And this is how we succeed
Same as before
By a muddled preference for breath
Or the magma of gravity crawling into the bones
Till at a standstill, silence stoops for a hug
And even our dull eyes can tell the difference
Will your life be too smooth
When it’s over
Or the rough of happiness
Caught in the throat
On your expiration date
Death
Achieves its aesthetic success
Marvels the audience
Till they too are on their feet
Whispering to stars
Make use of what you peruse
Aim was made to be wrestled
If not
For the whirlwind in your heart
The sky would not be round
Fat butterfly, obese moon,
Skinny highway,
Hardly the moon
Picks up the light
And doesn’t go home,
If the clouds would
Show me
An arson of flip flops,
The house is a liar
Of rain,
The color of a new
Chair fills the grave,
Concerning the dreams of leaves
The shadows on the sidewalks
Took to rowing boats
