there is depth in me that is
much like the sea
and on days of my greatest gleam
i am the woman who manages
...
.................Of this I know
as sky triumphs over rain,
the central theme in man,
of this I know
...
you are quiet today and i do not
ask you the origin of such silence,
black and smoky and devouring
even my own sound now
...
it isnt a mystery
what you do for me,
everyone can see it
...
She's our neighbor, a quite fussy one.
She cuts her grass twice a week,
scarcely giving the blades chance to grow,
and it is the trimmest yard on the block,
...
We sit amid a growing darkness.
It is growing in me, you have no idea.
I look in your eyes, they are the eyes
of so much love.
...
My neice just had a baby.
My neice is only 15 years old.
We warned her about unprotected sex
but, oh, she knew it all, her head was
...
The night which
envelopes sounds
like the whole
of crickets turning
...