city of stems

summer is: 

lying in a universe of yellow

and deciding that in this moment 

heaven is here,

in the garden;

A city of stems

Subway

What was at one time

A faded orange rectangle:

Suddenly crisp 

As new, clean snow

Connections we

Had long lost hope for

Run once again 

Perfectly on time.

Fade

I'm prepared to fade

If it would just 

make you 

go away

spectre

uppercut to the glass jaw

lost keys 

not ever to be returned 

whoever said 

"the best things in life 

are the things 

where the journey 

is difficult 

and arduous"

obviously hadn't met you

the memory of it

still has the ability

To haunt me 

even though

all that you are is

a fading spectre of a past life

Beside me

I know you'd rather 

Be beside me right now, pal

them's the bloody breaks 

Animal Birthday

animal birthday 

learning to be a lioness

basking, actually basking 

under the naked sun 

one song can still overturn

churn earth, where new flowers 

Had just begun to take root

The significance of labour:

In and of itself, even if nothing else,

at least she is planting again

You Poor Fool

why are you

letting the thought

claw away your insides 

scraping pink tissue

did you really

for even a moment 

think

that it would just cease to exist 

you poor fool