Nocturnal Nobody

Skeletal Scatter

Why sleep eludes me

Has ceased to matter.

Bleed without pain

Cry without Tears

Hurricane days

Build Tornado years

Brilliantly sinking

Swan-Diving Diamond

Incendiary glint

Crimefully fading

There

you

go.

Slim to None

Dim to Done

Hidden Jewels

Impress No one.

Eldest river tumbled rock

Smooth stroke stoned

Skipped back home

Flagrant rippling flawless concentrics

Slapped Specular Surface

er’wise to all men’s tricks

Mother’s minerals turbidly tossed

Return to your stream

Never be lost

Body of water

won’t die as mine will

mortality mirrored

Your current still.

Silken Solid Stone

Cool brackish scent

Back into your bed you’re thrown

to rest in sediment

Swirling fall

Birds they call

you home

Joyous Descent.

Pardon the intrusion

Human disillusion

Truly,

No Harm Meant.

Minutes thwarted by my daze

gaze into the for never

I dare not touch or twist a thing

Who knows the ripples it might bring

Commit myself an observer

frozen moments

offer undisturbed observation

allowing me to count the feathers

of a hummingbird

Ruby throated

upon her thorned throne.

Warm

bleach white

clean comforter cuddles

smells like grandma's washing

Strong coffee

Stronger Marijuana

P E A C E F U L

slathered in buttery love

zealous dog kisses

I love how they love me

velvet mustang muzzles

greet me at the back door

Nickering their loyalty

to our herd

My housemates, two dear indispensable guides

They are called Thesaurus and Dictionary

Words are innately scriptural

My bible intends itself for the Sapiophiles.

2 of everything.

Never get caught needing

No Rush. Not Ever.

No desire to friskily roam

I've made this house

into my home.

Intangible Theory

Query me weary

Indismissable- why? Why? WHY?

Why Not?

Analogous to

the phallus I drew

I don't know why

why not?

No malicious intent

As Art, it was meant

Thank me later, Bathroom Stall Door.

North of Sane

East of Devolved

West of Maine blueberries and snickety snapping lobster claws

Yield to nothing

Easier said than Done

A tiny fighting writer

Rightly hooked

Sickly Snapping

Bones Crack cracking

Tumors grow like silent snow

Nana just fell asleep one night and

Never woke up

Tick Tick Tick

Death works after hours

Endless task ahead

Some pray to stay

Some pray to go

Supplicate ears dead

1234123412343

Your number’s coming up my friend

it’s coming…same as me.

Death is Clocking Overtime

Tick Tock Tock

Coughing wheezing painful breathing

Pathogen Plagued

staying? leaving?

White Knuckle living

hold on Tight

If you must depart us

slip sand-through-fingers softly…into the unknown you were born to know.

Fractilized halt

Verdant lush rests

under snowy hush

Brilliant buds dormant

rainbow of frozen secrets

@coldfront

Cadenced Cardiac Composition

Silky Sensuous tones

Cello deep and resonant

Blues down to my bones

Paradoxically punctuated by piccolo

Silvery and sweet

Pulse percussed in tambourine

Heads nod to the beat

Celebrating the 28 day cycle of the crimson curse.

The pagan holiday of Mensesus has been celebrated worldwide for centuries. Originally believed to be a sacrificial ritual, it was once common tradition to kill and consume a pubescent girl who'd just begun the the 40 year bleed. She would be crafted into a hearty stew, and shared during the public festival. This was done with the belief that the blood would fortify the women over the following 11 estral full moons.

Today, we obviously omit the killing and cannabalism of young ladies. Now in place, a stew made of rare lamb is served, generally with a side of blood pudding..

Ornate festooning of trees and mantle-pieces with all matter of feminine products is still a favorite element of Mensesus. Decorating the Tampon Tree is a fun way to bring families together on this special holiday.

Now off to the parade! Sanguinate women don themselves with costumes in a rainbow of reds, from burgundy to Maraschino cherry. They are then carried through the center of town, shouldered by a male of their choosing. Some women choose their husbands or sweethearts, but it is not an uncommon practice to utilize a mailman or neighbor.

This serves in part to celebrate the woman herself, and to remind non-females of the constant weight a woman must bear. Modern times allow for one woman to carry another woman, a right hard won by angsty bleeding feminists in the early 1900's. Mensesus closes with a vibrant

During a tumultuous patch in my last relationship, I was faced with an ultimatum. I could keep you, or move out. In a flash of clarity, I knew the relationship was over. Nobody who knows and loves me would try to take you from me. Needless to say, we were taking your first ferry ride to the mainland forthwith.

You were born bilaterally deaf. It had to do with your lack of pigmentation. That made you unsaleable product to the prestigious breeders from whence you came. It was you who first caught my attention. Your atypical behavior set you apart from your frolicsome littermates. While they bouncily played with each other in groups, you walked the fenceline of the yard alone, collecting olfactory clues, 3 fluffy white pounds of lone wolf.

I had visited your breeder ready to spend $1,500 for my perfect puppy. Upon declaring that it was you I wanted, the breeder shook her head. "That one isn't for sale." Her words impregnated with reticence. "Already spoken for?" I queried. Sighing, she replied "She's deaf. As registered AKC breeders, we cannot accept monetary compensation for a defective puppy." What nerve, to label you defective!

I insisted, I must have you. You were given to me, for free. That day, I ended a bad relationship, saved $1500, and gained a uniquely communicative companionion. To you, your name was two bangs on the floor. Vibration was understandable. We learned together. Our conversations were textural, inaudible. Truly, a love beyond words.