i was having
such a good dream
why'd you have to
go and wake me.

i was dreaming
that my life was just
how i want it to be.

***

"Question//Marks"

who knew
you

did we see
could you tell
judge

how bout it
goin' up
what
ever
is that it
how come

did you see
could we tell
hope

panic
now
why

oh

***

although
superficial
fragments
leave you
and something
inside burns,
you remain.

you have
laid down
here before.

sorry, i
could do
no more.

***

"circulation"

bordering on love and
loneliness, my heart,
a cluster of unmotivated
connections and
clogged arteries, yearns.

no comfort.
no assurance.
"one more beer should do it."

loneliness begets loneliness,
and my gut is twisting, and
confused. empty. hollow.

hallowed be my love?
and squandered,
and wasted.
completely in vain?
i cried today, but not
for you.

man the borders!

***

"Time Changes"

Time flies
Time gives and
takes away, love.
But be not doleful.

A fellowship, broken,
Time may still heal.
The fire, yet,
may burn again.

Time changes minds
and hearts, makes
fools of us, love.
But be not doleful.

***

"Transitions"

moment's fleeting.
two more, please?
or however many you can spare.
your faces flash before me.
both of them, love.

why do you hide?
is your past too harsh to bare?
who are you, stranger?
i know your name.

-i like the misfit on your chest.
--i made it myself.
---do you have another cigarette?
-only when i'm at my best.

the overlapping images
do not match.
both show kindness.
one shows hope.
one is weary of me.