Thursday, May 21, 2020

music and crushes

my whole life has been
music and crushes
hard to tell
which starts where
the elliott smith
line of notewords
that sparks like
a firefly
looping around
a pond
and someone
seen for sunlight
seconds walking
through a door
can’t break
them apart:
firefly/song/crush 
surging the same
in ‘78 or 2020
only the songs
are different



Saturday, May 2, 2020

The National Prayer Breakfast, 2020

A boa constrictor zig zigs into the banquet hall, elevates its head and knocks over a pot of coffee.

The lights go out. A swarm of bats rush through a hole in a window and circle the giant chandelier. Their wings make a slapping sound and their whirring speed stokes a wind that elevates the combover of the president.