may 16, 2001

I have a frame around my anger,
all rusted and broken

(Attics can be a rough
twenty year season)

A black and white
An either or

Faces that are scorched-
and then fade-

fade and then
scorch
may 19, 2001

went down to the
water's edge and watched
bright lights explode
in the sky,

curled up in the cold,
the loud popping of gun powder
scaring everything inside of me

and picturing you then,
beside me, the light
of your face changing:
red, green, blue, white

seeing you then,
curled up in the
warmth
of her
limbs
may 19, 2001

There's a fly
in the lamp shade,
glowing orange

There's an orange light
that embodies my
deep down soul

that just burnt out

And as the silence of the
telephone rings

I remember:

This is how it's going to be
Black pegs off white
and all my heroes set free

I wish I could have been
more than a
fighter
may 18, 2001

i lie wide awake,
you vibrating through
my head

pots and pans
clanking

your noise so loud
not even a tired voice
can over speak enough
to say:

"i'm tired of you now.

i want you to sleep now.

sleep, and i will forget you.
someday."
H