a life sentence for its strip of land. But sometimes it glows, livid as a scar.
Tag: trees
Seasoned, we say,
as if time and weather were condiments.
boulder field in snow
its only other crop
besides lichen
The sky of my childhood
was full of places to climb and sit.
She became the heroin
in a made-for-TV drama, cops busting down the door in the middle of the day.
Resolution
I must never forget how exhilarating it felt to find myself briefly at the head of a mob.
It’s hard to lay down a burden
once you’ve given it your own name.
Winter is a protection racket
not unlike the skin disease once known as the king’s evil that could only be cured by a king’s touch.
Ask a vintner or a fromager:
few things are more festive than decay.
Neurons take a dendritic form
to maximize their receptivity to the lightning of thought.
Let’s be honest:
we were adrift long before we were at sea.
What brutal moonlight persisting throughout the day
has convinced us this stillness is meditative?
