invasive bittersweet

escaping the war in my head

shadow

white with frost we almost rhyme

north face

the fall softened by moss

i insist on a whisper

fallen leaves

laundromat coyote

snout out of order

death

in my ear the drone of a fly

woodpecker cackle

where a caterpillar hung one dancing leaf

where a bird entered

the world as an egg

in the company

of mushrooms flying your leaf

through telescopes

the signature of life dotting the i

stairwell

at the spiritual center bleeding green

last supper

at the junkyard who saves whom