LIP SERVICE
The Hawk Corner Room 4:30pm
Purple is The Colour
of Grief
& EYE have kissed
away My Death
in Livid Pulsations
of
Red & Blue
The Hawk Corner Room 4:30pm
Purple is The Colour
of Grief
& EYE have kissed
away My Death
in Livid Pulsations
of
Red & Blue
The Tomato-coloured Couch 11:42am
EYE Know An Old Woman
Who Lives In The Shoes
Of Her Dead Husband
As My Mother Used To Do —
My Mother Kept Her Stash
Underneath Her Wood-burning Stove
And Could Never Bring Her Self
To Mail Them
Back To Her Departed Love
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 2:15pm
I saw a black-headed Grackle
atop My Scraggly Apple
as I put together
a shepherd’s pie
and stopped
to watch
His Darkness
against The Sky
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 9:28am
EYE have The Purity
of a dream —
like The Tears I Shed
on The Shoulder
of a grieving widow —
like The Silver Line
of wake behind
a fishing boat
along My Shimmering Ocean —
loved
The Tomato-coloured Couch 8:00pm
All Other Losses
Seem To Culminate
In The Loss Of A Pet:
down to The Fish Plant I went
in the blowing fog
to look for Cami
& saw nary a cat
only a nice man
who wondered what I wanted
“I’m looking for a lost cat”
“Oh, I’ve had about five people so far
this summer —
one fella even had a picture — ”
believe it or not
a helium balloon
flew
overhead
