zinc words & images

  • April 10

    The stars were sleeping silently near. And down the hall feeling eternity the disintegration of the soul the dissipation of constitution falling away easily and without remorse. All the day and all the sun aged and old below the bubble that started it all. Side by side lighting the way to the clearing and the…

  • April 6

    If you knew you would say The earth turned Trees grew Past you is forest I felt gone But I remember holding your hand At dusk Then at dawn With light and music You said hello But never goodbye Consciousness of the present disappeared long ago In any case you needed something without a name…

  • April 5

    Faulty aim Looks and seeks An answer Veering off path What is deep Unseen Needles and leaves Glossy with air and water Plucked and carried Gone Never really there

  • April 4

    Our roots dip Under the olive tree Where mother and father Gathered. It was there: time And looking back. It is foreign and reminds me Of nothing I’ve seen before In books and movies Or the abridged version of a life Well-told by a friend With experience. It seems even further, Before our eyes had…

  • April 1

    Plastic bag wings Came to ground. A spiral knell Whipping razor blades Cast in the sky As you speed Toward the earth.

  • Untitled

    The song on the radio switched To an upbeat pop song. Still rock, But a singer With a well developed sense of 1985 And the word counterpoint. That year the word grey took over Our apartment building and I Saw the liquor store move from the corner Or close. I did not speak To the…