as my music grows
Time Between Moments
you asked me to wait, and I waited
the bus which is always on time, is late
the lady with briefcase and tie checks her watch,
once, twice, in a dance of expectation
an elderly woman who has punched a clock
for more years than her childhood
looks at the cracks in the cement
and heaves a sigh of relief
there are no children here
only folded newspapers and empty coffee cups
my thoughts escape with my eyes
towards the billboard advertising wines
and I curse myself for my timidity
burnt by candle flickers
I do not want this day, nor any day
you have entrusted to my patience
I am anxious and begin pacing
between the warming stalls
the warmth of your embrace, your softness
I have washed away with innumerable showers
I have brushed your breath from my hair
and I have begged for the baptism of forgetfulness
while in my bath
what is that stocking capped man doing now?
I left him with ten years on his patience
he shook my hand the day I left
and said, "See you around the block, kid."
I laughed, back then, I had no idea
that he was a Doctor of the Heart
a large black ant tussles with a queer
form of matter
and I move my black shoe to let him pass
why does he remind me of Jesus on the Way
and why do I feel that he was sent by
Joseph of Arimethea?
I examine each of these daily companions
whose names I will never know
and I snicker at the pain we each foist
upon ourselves, we slaves of the counting house
the bus arrives and the pecking order is assumed
watches are relieved of their burdens
as spaces are filled with forms now set
in their appointed places
I dream that the day is over
and that this is the bus which will take me home
for Lock-up and Count
my heart is your prisoner
and your call the key to my parole
let this, however, be the word I speak
you asked me to wait, and I waited
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What? #1
Is the brain a flower?
both unraveled a seed
seeking a shared light
sharing a searching shadow
each rests when twilight tires
so, What is the Answer?
Is the flower a brain?
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