i once thought that this is what i deserve:
this caustic imbalance
this toxic enfolding fear;
but my weakest cause
these days
has eroded the tissue surrounding
the head, finally
so i let the collapse
begin, having hope
that the attrition will
reveal, in time, the hot
marrow of my heart
and leave me in a fine stupor;
receptive of the best
signals, the warmest
impulses that once thundered
in the vein and drove me
to far fields and left
me the master...
what giving creature is this
something like a whispered song
mere touch
her meaning is like the texture of the perfect
my mother has escaped love
that love is no mere enthusiasm
savannah
how comes the muse to the latched-upon artist
swing
she wears galaxies of memorabilia