11 april

where the light is i hear colors louder than words and the taste of possibility looms large / harder than expectation is disappointment in gravity / the sense of falling as all the boats are called in from the elsewhere / the lake mistaking itself for a river and flowing into forgetfulness / messing up again the strands unwind and the ducks blind the deer / mind the manners of the hunters who are never calling shots / got another answer and the questions just keep coming / stunning as regret the whetted appetite turns sour when the winds change / rearranged by age and commandeered by time / rhymes slide close while most pages turn / burning sidelines as the stage expands / band together and sing new words unheard of / absurd as sunrise and welcome as the wind / we spin turkeyfast and hopeful / swallowing the sky and drowning in rain / we are complainers and listeners too / truth in the pockets and eight ball ablaze / phases of the window as the frontpage hits the floor / skyline apparitions while you rush ahead for more