lost treasure

so fast
the heart can sink

a shift in circumstances
like a weighted trunk
with brass handles
thick lock
unknown contents

bloop
bloop
bloop

who will find it?
lone coin
in a dizzing dance floor of air spheres
spewing from its wooden seams
it seems

that all is tucked and tossed

so this is the origin of lost treasure!

we meet

we meet in the hollow mast of the sky's spine
cosmic chute, like a bank teller's soda straw tube
how does the machine suck your loot?
from the cement lined drive right through
press the rectangle that reads "send" in blue
deposit your work, cash in your life's juice
for hire
higher
highest truth

who governs the transaction?

fractions
no wonder,
you're a part of me
in brackets
behind the glass
of the well conditioned establishment
stacking slips and security number stand ins

when you make the cosmic transition
who's lane will you be in?

freedom fighter

unleash the beast that will pass out the sheets
washed with lemon zinger
dry hung in the streets

furry catcher's glove claws
full racks of glowing teeth
jossling tin can roar
calling out the cowardly cheats

freedom fighter
ruling insider
move toward the double yellow line
until you are in sight of her

then scoop her out from behind the wheel
sweep back her falling hair
rub her feet off the road
carry her body up the stair

there now, there now, there, there, there, there

the splattered star clusters
are staring you down
through the observatory
squinting into the eye piece
it's obligaratory
to let the space scapes take over

voyager. meteor dust flaking into your face
you've come to this peak to find your pace
amongst the dumpsters and the metropolitan landscapes

metal detector i'm a saucer of nickel overseen
lodged beneath the sunburned lady's towel
and the tv queen's sheets
unleash your search party
to the track of the beating down heat
sew the circle complete

freedom fighter
ruling insider
move toward the double yellow line
until you are in sight of her

sacred fire

marsh or meadow
meat and pie
you are sturdy
as a mason jar
hearty as a fly

rock solid as a miner's
mineral picker
in the blindness
of thick night

triumphant
as a kite's cross
free flight
exposed in sky

mud holed and earth caked
a thick trunk of sprouted rye
broad barreled and mosaiced
mountain stance
at triumphant heights

teach me of your closeness
to the lonely owl's cry
convince me of your wholeness
eternal burning
sacred fire

speak in silence, know thy Name

wake before the sunshine shifts the navel
blink before the page flaunts its fickle fable
love before the feast falls from the tilted table
lodge chrysanthumums in the sockets of those
who are not able

the cobblestone cover is a shield for the vulnerable
a thorny crown makes a sheath
chivalry hangs in bronzed v shaped scales
a breathless warrior falls from the heat

the electronic kingdom is dashingly built
game boxes, powered glow
the forest inventories its wire tailed foxes
the arrow obeys the bow

a dead collection of hair
nods the humble vow to grow
the human treading in its imperfection
magnifies molecules to know

so bundle the milky marrow
and commission the attentive marine
maneuver the marbled manuscript
whilst its time teller marks the scene

gather at the ankles of your majesty
and the soft mallet of the her mahogany mane
make easy your virtuous vowels
speak in silence, know thy Name