and in the circling of those limbs

or rather in the dome, my own face:

anger, in the eyes, and mouth.

two limbs, each, forks, gashes, set

cut, nerves – set against

until the face is profile and

then, the back of head

the head turned its back

and numb

two bands of pain at the

neck – bird neck band

necklaces and region (limb) active

next to ear (pacific) between

them a narrow pathway (very, very old) upward, upward, upslope

and backlit

backlighting

day

 

 

 

 

 

for francesca

 

 

 

my heart is a broken circle

with segmented inroads; my heart

is an incomplete circle with roads

of varying lengths; my heart is

an open circle with roadways,

netting, my heart is a dome

my heart, is an arch

the ginkgo lights up

the parkway in november

gold delphinium

the knot on a wire

that extends both ways

far reach

_________________________________•_________________________________

became

•

bird

with slender

wing

span

i stood up in a boat made of

reeds    it bobbed   or rather i

bobbed;  the surface of the water

was lackluster – a blue – in the morning

in that small inlet island of continent

i woke          each hand

tight fist       two worlds                    near to my chest

..

..

i quickly

unfurled both

everything i need is in this

comprehensivie           (sic) vie/ve

sea

the coast crept into the sky

and made a new country ­–

plum, oak, hackberry

an india

india

today

is pearl

the humming bird flew to the lipstick plant

another to the holly of the house

where there was disagreement