Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Sehnsucht

why do the mad curse?

or are curses all we say

inside our heads

where no one hears

thumb the knob, tune the signal

why does the island shift

from sea to sea? which

way is north? where’s the gimbal

rigged to center me?


along comes morning

steel sky, green wall

the window fills with light

water flows over orange stones

coin of the rust realm

green beards in bare branches

delta of small stones

flood’s high water

river’s edge is undefined


for some, life is too hard

body or mind know it

some suffer in silence

others thrash sweat scream

why do we not know how

to run after milkweed

drifting in summer air?

run, run for it, tall

grass, this breeze


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