THREE DEFACED BANKNOTES

 

I

 

IN THE BLUE ROOM

 

Sullen, silken sulks,

we drink the same rain,

spit is clean

and so is dirt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II

 

AN INWARD PRAYER

 

Blessed may be the end at last

under the sea

below the soul

in the upside-down

Oceans above us

 

(all that heaven sends is rain)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III

 

HAIKU FOR SPRING

 

There is joy in things

and smiles not grins like butter

but like butterflies.