shimmering waves

shimmering waves 

all around me       :::  

a pegasus wiping his 

tears, confounds me--

this madrigal girl, w/ 

a heart like a calculator 

beaming his bird brightly colored 

up -- 

toward heaven, or to 

her nemesis :: wives in

the kitchen and Connecticut

from Beverly to Hilary are heavenly. 

backing up now, away from

the straw, away from her manic 

abbreviations of wood. my body

makes water like papyrus 

made scrolls -- except the plant 

was not ashamed of what he 

shed off. Grooms and Latter-Days

and boys without spittoons, shining

Mexicans' shoes with ribald glee. 

If you want to know the truth just 

ask me and I'll tell you, I'm in charge

here, In charge of everything, In chase

of this moment likewise, like this is 

how a person begets betterness. 

I don't like cloves or garlic but butter

is just right, now. Like borrowing or 

robbery, I tell you what I think --- 

nice scenery. Expecting some kind 

of better judgment to seize me, but 

I'm disjointed and breezy. Gaps & 

windows open, a slow lonely purpose. 

I've kind of lost my steam even though

I can still sort of keep it out. Of the trees

again, the false presence or the false 

dichotomy. Broke her back on the back 

of the fraternity. I wanted to make it 

easy. For somebody. To remember me, 

this parcel or this empty bassinet. I don't

believe in locomotion, I believe in parsimoniously 

telling the truth--and the spell is over.