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on leaving harry

the soft tread, bouncing boyish step of
tweed and oxford announcing
himself with a greeting of
sometimes obscure origin
the grin in his eyes
all at once penetrating, endearing, disarming.
i wait for that rush of mind he delivers
at speeds of mach 2 or 3, wondering
where he'll take me this time.
a short excursion to selected microcosm
or perhaps a whole universe, maybe
a few absolute abstracts on the side
hold the ketchup !
(he'll question the spelling of catsup,
because that's what he loves to do)
arcane references, integrational theory,
scitheosophilosophy
(a new word i have dedicated to him)
with much good humor we played
with much love i remember
and my tear for him is as big as the ocean



Love rushes in precisely where fools tread

My Love lies sleeping, upstairs,
in her bed.
On sheets scented with us.
On a decade and one,
of wish and want.
On a matress of trepidation,
sitting on a frame of hope
springs eternal.
Like the saying goes
the boy gets the girl and
the mouse eats the cheese
and the cheese stands alone.
As must we all.
My Love lies sleeping, upstairs,
in her bed



Pinhead

she calls me pinhead and i suppose
she's right because my head does seem a little
small but we measured the damn thing anyway and
it turned out (making adjustments for hair and all)
to be bigger than hers
i still tell her it's smaller,
but it has a lot more density.
she agrees.



Treed

Treed sunlit square of warmed wood floor
invites me barefoot.
Feet placed, toes like roots.
The moving shadows of the leaves
seem to be from my branches.



One Day Weeding

The leaves of the red rose rambling
cast deep shadows on the ground.
The wounded bird, hidden,
but for the chance sunlit shaft
reflecting in her frightened eye.
As I reach into the thorny stems,
Pain
The flow of redness, the color of bloom.
As I lift her from her sharp sanctuary,
As my fingers close around her breast,
The scent of the white rose rambling
Washes over us in healing waves.



The Date

"Whoa", she says.
"You're over the speed limit",
as her foot presses mine to the floor.
The carousel spins faster,
threatening to loose us from our mounts
and fling us into a world now changed
and only vaguely familiar.
Holding our breaths and holding hands,
we jump.



Except, perhaps

The poet knows of words
not in any language.
Except, perhaps, the language of truth.

The soul knows of intimacies
the heart has yet to discover.
Except, perhaps, the heart wanting to be known.

The world knows nothing.
Except, perhaps, things made manifest
by the poet,
and the soul.
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