poem: sacrilege bold

able-bodied midstream dithering,
handcrafted barrier islands,
indigenous malingering
professional zealotry
the long arms of worry
calculate the mistimed sacrilege
bold new warriors in
the blind soup,
nomenclature rifled,
crispy critter inundations
the noble fest wreaks
havoc in the wayward mists:
go west, go underground
ancient of daze, angle
your tide-worthy ass
up the festival kissfest
of winsome gerrymandering:
that's soulmandering, you
nebulous fool, it isn't the wonder
of it all that makes me sweat,
it's the regal touch, the nods
to diamond lives
best sequestered in the blaze
of your furious demise,
frost feathers gathering
potion #9 looping
your mongrel avalanche
the jasmine fates
will linger past 9, &
then fading,
insinuate the amplitude
of your curious
intrepid
mortality
rate.

poem: side the tender

for esther

Heading to Nada tomorrow
sampling the road-weary pilgrims,
dodging the sheer cliffs of fate,
tangled sunflower sympathies
angling for the better view
the deus ex machina that
whimpers beyond the bass notes,
in the dire dreams,
straits of gilbraltar,
over the top
disarray, but you
need the secrecy,
the solace of
one time past all
return &
by your side
the tender touch
of a smooth talisman,
calculated oblivion:
this was the last time she
entered the web of
the black prism,
forgiveness down
the arroyos of desire,
bastion of final
exacerbations, nether
possibilities of the ancient
rhymes.