His plants are alive.  They shelter his head where he sits each dawn.  They are his friends. They practice the speech of silence. Sometimes they move when no one sees.  Green …

Acceptable in thy sight could mean anyone. I am transforming.  Watch that dog on the corner with the luscious coat of rust. It could be me. A crow screeching murder …

The body captures the rhythm.  A kind of lilt to the step.  Never a tread.  You are looking for ladders to the world. Hooks.  Sometimes it is like holding on …

              for Evan They dragged his ’57 Chevy up to the line.  One quarter mile.  All he had to do was pound that sucker till …

Happy, happy, happy cry the words on the page.  Cry the random persons walking your life. Some wear mourning or is it the five crows silent in the tree.  Ask …

Don’t build fires on the beach.  Don’t swim while impaired.  Don’t cook food. Don’t say anything at all to the seagulls. Don’t forget to call your mother. Don’t tempt fate. …

The house creaks under foot like old leather, like two sheets of plastic rubbed together.  Or a bad violin.  Who is that running up and down stairs?  Perhaps it is …

I am always moving to California on the 12th of every month. I am taking every single thing with me that needs sun. Cats. Music.  Medical marijuana.  Don’t try to …

White cat rests in the sun, still life of impossible beauty. The world comes to him again. It spins his head in sapphire. Grace after grace.  Geese riding the air …

A white cat quiet as God follows the sun around the room. China eyes and a tongue like hickory bark. Moonbeam, shaft of light, why have you chosen us? I …