expansive minds take shape
when our eyes look westward
humility blooms in the shadow
of what god or goes unknown
every no one in particular
untranslated gestures, labor
thankless, books burned
broken bones, time matches
profound wickedness, sheer
the devil’s greatest trick
was convincing us he existed
his greatest contribution
was madness and advice
sin is our own invention
living is not an argument
intimacy is an atomic winter
I have nothing to add
but there is much that
I would like to remove
he doesn’t say much
observing receiving
whatever won’t be hidden
is served better exposed
fire’s quiet life
upon the hillside
overlooking the city
glowing eyes knowing
all the wonder
in the world
fire’s quiet night
dancing bravely
under mitigated
weather systems
the next era
is one minute
breathless
heaving silent
dance
the exposure
is blinding bright
a tour of active duty
the anger is nothing
the elegance has seen
the body in motion
with bodies in motion
fire tells the same story
but tells it slant
drunk on the bounty
of the home
stripped to bones
the dance
lasts an era
the newest misstep
the weighty dance
set light upon
the broad shoulders
of forgiveness
sleep is a language
a boredom and repulsion
not an experience
an event and in it
silence is louder
may the poem remain
as an artifact of my motion
after my motion has ceased
“visiting, resident, passerby, accident”
she happened
and she was beautiful
in happening
and despite nothing
passion read blindly
I was reason
she put a monster in my chest
an intimacy
which too strongly resembled
a fire
the way a body decides
another body’s fate
you must understand
she said
that is a fear
are you afraid
she asked
and only then was I
she killed the sun
the same seen cowering
in a gold surrendering gown
she told me of death
in a disguise she’d never before seen
in a room she’d never before been
scenes of absolute taboo
cool mint / novel canvas
scenes of chance shock
scenes of seasonal intention
index / mechanism
scenes of sweet invasion
history will suit us better
in the light
of the future
I have outgrown my characters
and I’m not a word
I have ever written for myself
billskipping fuck
but really
I’m broke
a laborer
I swear I mean more than I say
I was faith
here, vision, the unknown quantity
under the horrors of digestion
journeying to france or arizona
addressed as an island among islands
though tense and in no real direction
hah, suffer, the word is written
and undressed the next night
under blank space lost blank space
a moment of hesitation in rome
and the phone line sounds disconnect
an immense suspension of belief
and a terrible faith in cold numbers
to know those better versed than you
should you ever grow taller than them
they will end the noun under the verb
and the immutable bias will grow
from ceiling to floor terribly polite
the witch hunts hero, rock, villain, air
more than a divine monster’s little act
stiff or limber after invasive surgery
AS TAKEN AND GIVEN
this finds itself
IN GREAT DECLINE
this cannot go on
lowland blinding light
naked to the dealer
as taken and given
this finds itself
IN GREAT DECLINE
AS TAKEN AND GIVEN
this finds itself
IN GREAT DECLINE
this cannot go on
AS TAKEN AND GIVEN
this finds itself
IN GREAT DECLINE
this cannot go on
AS TAKEN AND GIVEN
this finds itself
IN GREAT DECLINE
this cannot go on
here, vision, the unknown quantity
under the horrors of digestion
journeying to france or arizona
addressed as an island among islands
though tense and in no real direction
hah, suffer, the word is written
and undressed the next night
under blank space lost blank space
a moment of hesitation
and the phone line sounds disconnect
