Talisman
I found that old crate full of
dried Black Walnuts you left
acrid and hard
little balls of ancient elephant skin
I took one
to drop among the folds
of your coffin
perhaps tuck it under your sleeve
No prying undertaker
or sanctimonoius son
would ever see it
But I couldn't find you there
you seemed long gone from that polished
joke of a room
So
When the w...
Sunday 26th January 2020 4:38 pm
The Matriarchs
Two moms of talent and power
One learned to use it
One learned to give it away
One's dad said get off that pony
and walk back home
The other said get on and ride hard
One gave me away
The other took me on
Neither loved me
I learned to ride
and walk home through the very darkest wood
Saturday 25th January 2020 4:43 pm
Xmas 1992
Old times
The crunch of stubble underfoot
in the winter field
walking the hard
plow broken ground
kicking frozen clods
off the tops of the furrows
cold freezing hairs in my nose
A flock of crows hassling
a hawk or an owl
just over the hill
racketing rage and
flinging themselves up and down
in suicide dives
black rags
against the icy blue
Here's ...
Friday 24th January 2020 4:41 pm
Bone
I'm a dog for a bone
an old dog for that
greasy pan lickin' and
lazy dirthole rollin'
A jump up shake off
lope away hound
off to suck an egg
or steal a chicken
but they tied a rotting
carcass round my neck
I learned to like it
I learned to like it
Friday 24th January 2020 4:25 pm
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