justwrite 11 october

when i said i was angry
sorry about that
a coffee cup and a tea stain
framed behind calico curtains
an uncertain truth percolating
saving the date for a previous engagement
the stage set for marionettes
you can't catch this cold
you can't embolden the truth
there are facts and also uncouth bargaining
the jargon spilling over is enough
to exchange your stocks
to box up backward ears
to call in favors by their first names
wait until the change purses its lips
trip your tongue over chewing gum
the toothpaste rust mistrusted
23 beans in the canteen soup
a troop selling nuts and also bolts
jolting all colas all callers from their ledgers
treasures unmeasured
leisure doesn't suit you
the sailboat pond and a diamond ring
calling but no answer
a dancer but no chance for a partner
do you see a future there
do your socks match each other
what will happen after the soup
my arms are melting into fingers
drips dropping candlewax cataracts
i once was blind
i twice am found
in a corner shaking ink from the well
feeling not so
jotting smokestacks from reddened faces
we will chase the truth
and we will set it free
i'll apologize again
there was no call for that answer
now my legs are done again
the strand loosened, unhinged
the twinges of coursing compassion
trashing the outfield
yielding clovers and the apocalypse
there will be four leaves
forty thieves
a barefoot madonna
a half-open curtain
there will be three encores
by the last there will be no end
the trend will reverse its rehearsed course
charting the design
the end rhymes
everything will be taken seriously
gold will be eaten deliriously
i will hold your hand
you will poke a joke horse in the stomach
the cave will in
we will out
the sun will be brighter and
all the green will sing