Monday, March 08, 2021

pelted slumbers

 toss turn into composting dreams under living redwood 

atop redwood needle salad of limbfronds 

storm produced a makeshift blind, large branches 

bent elbow compound fractals the street view two hundred feet away now serene 

other than a remote toy xar someone races updown deserted thorofares  

had a stuffed pizza before bed piled thick 

like my nest a foundational crust, a sauce and silken sleeping bag, wool blanket spunach, pine cone black olives, and a cheese atop tarping my triangle of circles with vackpack under head like the handle of rim crust, stuffed with ricotta 

ate into a coma of salt and fat, having closed day at work fiddling with a hundred dollar tip from gloria 

and a busride o'er tabor as pea sized hail pelted 

us around montavilla , our pi square 

and blankets askew as i elbow lean to hold my tablet slate chisel set, morning nigh 

freeway traffic ebbing surging my ibuprofen now dissolving spine mind into limber slumber lumber.   





Wednesday, March 03, 2021

zillion tires

 

moon has trekked amid canopy silouette

o'er playground equipment most places banned 

due to insurance premiums grounded much

as my upright torso, boots in sleepless bag

w/wool blankie and pocket warmers glowing

in tandem with burgundy in gloveless paws

blah blah la de da, trash trucks far off gunshots 

some small traffic at five am

because i woke up 

*

 thinking of day, three generations

dancing to my violin in sunlight

a grandmother maybe 65

a mother with long blonde hair,

she's 8 months pregnant and beaming

and her daughter likewise towheaded

dancing toys in hand little back leg kicks 

around in a circle they prance as i busk 

her belly bouncing some unseen rider

in the handicapped parking area, 

blue emblem indistinguishable from a zillion tires 

i reel and reel, my feet ducking 

in sync as we circle the reeflike horizon 

found in lost moments


3-3-21

southeast poetland