Please don’t put on
Practical shoes
They’ll trip you
And trap you
Your whole soul you’ll lose
Please put on leathers
Or wear white whenever
It’s all the better
To grab tight the throttle
And drink from the bottle
Of wild
You’ve Eagle feathers
Veteran Motorcyclists, Veteran’s Day Parade 2014, Milwaukee, WI
Who will entertain
the Nay-Sayers,
the Don’t-Want-Magics?
Warmly I’ll greet them
at my door
but if they’ve no rabbit for my hat,
that
shine-free dust will look from afar through my threshold.
We’ll talk of the weather
and other non-things
then I’ll offer a wish and “Adieu….”
The stuff of your dreams
The ferocious and the calm
Thrives safe in my arms
Genius graffiti artist unknown, Milwaukee, WI
I’ll venture a guess:
You plant those ancient flowers
due atop your heart.
Not off-center, no.
Immediately above.
They grow with each beat.
Jewels drip-dropped down
at the sight, the tenor rasp,
singing so sacred.
Rubies and white pearls
fell hard -the Earth must have quaked,
and heartstrings strummed soft.
Earth, she’s bewildered
at the desire she contains
for her and The Moon.
Rubies, pearls, Earth, Moon,
bow a moment to give pause
before spinning off….
So soft is the spot
Where a friend walks, even if
From afar…so far.
When two Greek Girls speak
Your heart you’ll lose and smile keep
Both in unison
Extreme closeup: mast on the cabled footbridge, Milwaukee Art Museum; Milwaukee, WI
Today’s test will prove
A night devoid of practice
Gives Jill a dull mind
Send out an order.
Include a date. There I’ll be.
I will not be late.
If that’s not the course,
then safe and covered you’ll stay:
He. Hears. As. I. Pray.
I’ve become liquid
Pouring over your pages
While you breathe me in
