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  • Before Summer Rain

    Then, out of the green of the grove,

  • Instruction on Driving with an Orgasm | Napoleon’s Hat

    Look both ways before going out for a spin. And ease onto the road. Take careful note of the speed limit and

  • ON HANDSHAKES

    There are firm ones.  Soft, almost boneless ones.  Hardy/hearty ones.  Two-handed ones, cocooning.  Congratulatory

  • Labyrinth (Lear)

    A poorly timed abdication. A madness

  • The Third Visitor

    The Third Visitor understands

  • Coattails

    When I was eighteen, I wanted to write a screenplay based on my father’s life: from his birth in poverty, how his family gathered around one scant meal a day of potatoes and onions

  • God’s Man

    When I was twelve I found it

  • PASSING

    They lay the old woman in the back seat of a car,

  • Whatever Alights

    A zillion yeses to the titmice at my feeder,

  • The Authentic Galleries

    Begin again.  Begin with the wound.

  • In the Mud Marks Reveal

    another story:

  • An Occupation

    The world will end in pink.  Those clouds just above the horizon