Friday, September 3, 2010

"A Nondollar Dirge" and "When Winter Went"

"A Nondollar Dirge"

Thought love, thought death

on a causeway felt fine breath blow trees over
and felt them shivering cells within

felt a-quivering quills a-po’cupine
once dipped squidly inkwise

thought I’d write a corpse curve inward
but didn’t

saw the needles green trees pine
plummet, plump plumlike

saw life, saw death
thought nothing of ‘em
thought on

thought on a crow’s caw
swayed
and sang a nondollar dirge

‘twas all underwhelming
‘twas all underground



"When Winter Went"

When winter went,
when winter was,
when spring did sprint into,
when spring was spent,
when summer suns
released their heat for you,
when summer lent
to autumn love
not fall did leaves, they flew,
when autumn bent
in winter’s blood
the world began anew.



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