Bones Settling

Passion on ice
Drunk in timid sips
A social drinker
Besotted by life
Dreaming Whitman
In garage apartment
Where roaches gather
My wisdom tooth aching
In the late afternoon

My graying temples
Like a fine dusting
Of confection sugar
Each strand of hair
Supposedly documented
By the divine mind

My silent reverence
Marked by car horns
Honking like Geese
In the distant world
Where people travel
Roads to perdition