the moon man
rows his silver boat
in circles he circles
in his circular skiff
the rounds of the sky
from horizon to horizon
his arc increasing nightly
as the waves above
so the waves below
clouds the wake of his lonely ark
Tag: moon
beauty pageant (20181019)
water rushes in the gutter
an orange streetlight competes with half a moon
for prettiest flower
new year’s eve approaching (20171229)
moon almost full
rolling on a parked car windshield
not exactly basho
tides (20171205)
you hang in the sky
a morning full moon
pale transparent stranger
alone in winter white expanse
i’ve known you forever
as long as i’ve known
the moon
i don’t know you at all
don’t recognize
these changing faces
that wax and wane
while you pull at my tides
i beg for cloud cover
and remember how you cut me
and how i had to cauterize
my own wounds
so i wouldn’t bleed out
super moon
you burn through my night
cold light closer than the clouds
dancing in my vision
s’alright (20170912)
somehow i sliced
a small arc into
the skin below
the first knuckle
and now it is a red
waxing crescent
much like the imprint
of an invisible
sharp fingernail
digging in
either in anger or fear
moon in the west
after sunset
cyclopian seƱor wences
song fragment (20170710)
we collected teeth along the shore
hey la, hey la, hey la
a necklace shiny and bright made we
hey la, hey la, hey la
a night and forever its length you wore
hey la, hey la, hey la
as i spoke with the voice of the sea
hey la, hey la, hey la
the moon shines pale upon your breast
hey la, hey la, hey la
now for eternity we are dressed
hey la, hey la, hey la
lunation (20170608)
the moon is a rabbit
keeping itself warm
on this not-yet-summer night
it doubles up on itself
in all that darkness
baggage (20170430)
the celestial beast
casts a shadow across
the moon as heavy
as god’s anchor
a sea boils, somewhere
and it stinks
of cans of tuna
and anchovies in oil
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gutter (20170208)
dog–my companion
gutter full of stilled water
we race with the moon