I came to art like
the calamity of hours
forget-me-nots leaving
no trace nor cup to sip
the strain fading listen
to the clay defy the light
it means something
the secret will crack you
open cover you with earth
and forest like the rafters
of heaven become shadows
of some fast and heavy…
the sign cracked my
skull split it grapewise I
think it said sleep with fire
and kiss like you believe
the wind laughed in huge
letters blew my glasses
clear across the field tell
me if you find them I
would dearly love to
see it again
cracked lids
turquoise and steel
we offer what’s inside
the vices
the pain
beneath the surface
waiting for a taste of
our fragile
skulls
beaten into place
the embers
ignite
painted jigsaw
evening dress
pulling me home
to a bed
it took years to discover
a back-curve murmur
sitting on my tongue
porcelain swallows
wings tucked
we race to the garden
where you bathe
my mask invisible
and promise
to kiss the boundary
until I can breathe
I am a strand
an unaccustomed toy
charming as a vase
the night breathes in
forgets the lake
kindred being
find me in the crowd
I’ve come again
to blindness
the one short of youth and
the faint clink of horsemen
open the lock
see the morning
our position just…