What Is It
That Is The Spirit of A Cat
Who Takes So Long To Die?
Is She The Eternal Spirit
In All of Us
Striving To Be Born
Striving To Be Conceived
Striving Not To Leave This World
Yet Seeking The Wonderment
Of Endless Others?
I see a Sky Scape
in The Foil off My Daughter’s
Yoghurt Lid
all Her Apprehensions
of Teen-age-hood
are revealed with one
Toss
Me & M’ Bulletproof Vest
DAT AINT NO CONDOM
gonna be wavin’
gots M’ Designer Shades up
gots M’ Kicks
got M’ 22 —
M’ Flo Pen
hawk dem Ghetto Birds
NO HALF STEPPIN
Me & M’ Bulletproof Threads
gonna be struttin’ wid M’ Pilot
gonna put up M’ Burner
bomb M’ Tag
I’M ALL CITY
I was Thanked Today
by God of All People
bobbing slightly on a Balloon String
above the Cashier @ Sobey’s
I believe The Thank You
was for My Successful Effort
to encrypt His Silver Star
or Mine
upon the face of a vacant rock
offering Space
to a smattering of Lichen
I Stared Death In The Face
& It Was A Black & White Face
–
We don’t know what anything is anymore,
except by what it is in relation
to something else
–
The Clock Has Stopped
@ Midnight
& The Chickadee’s Crown Is Black
I Am All Woman
I Weigh 145
In All The Right Places
I wear a .push-up bra
on the recommendation
of My 17 year-old Daughter
My Hair Has Three Strands Of Grey —
Red, White, & Blue
The President Of The United States
is 3 months younger than Me
& I Have The Same Birthday
as Stephen Harper
I Keep My Family Fed
& My House In Order
My Political Views
are for Public Consumption
& Some Of Them
Are NOT Very Tasty
H-e-a-r
I Am
dressed in a white sweat shirt
My Daughter’s pyjama bottoms
H-e-a-r
I Am
drinking a cup of tea — Earl Grey
sitting in My Grandmother’s Wrought Iron Arm Chair
H-e-a-r
I Am
next to The Sliding Glass Doors
It’s Grey Out
I Have To Check
On My Black & White Cat
Dear Guy Tozzoli:
You always called Me
“The World’s Greatest Artist”
You said
“You’re The Greatest Woman To Ever Live”
–
You provided the rectilinear framework
I provided The Nautilus
–
Am I Not
“The Face Who Launched A Thousand Ships?”
We Mark Stages In Our Lives
By The Pets We Have Loved
—
My Pet Lies Tonight
As The Nautilus
Our Black & White Kitty
Wants To Be Petted —
I Am Dressed In Black & Grey
having come to realize
Self Organizing Galaxy
spawned 9/11
