ONE SKILLET DINNER
I ate alone again tonight
bitter greens with vinegar
to sate my cravings for
cruciferous veggies.
Braised lamb shanks will
wait until I have company.
ALL THE WORLD'S...
So much more than I once dreamed I'd be,
yet less than I now hope to be,
The masks, skins, and recited lines
for your benefit,
though,
under the lights of auto-autopsy,
there are parts missing.
Come Monday morning I slip
back into the suit of myself,
and keep looking.
TWO FERTILE CRESCENTS
Didja see the moon tonight,
slung low and fat in the west?
A late-pregnancy belly waiting
to burst life.
C'mon baby let's
merge my Tigris with
your Euphrates, and make our
own little Mesopotamia.
We can clean up later.
