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pay it forward

2012-02-04T20:08:00.000-08:00

there it is, before
you. now here, a knowing.
feel it, let it be

as you explore it
as you gather up and shore
it, see that it beams

try it

2011-12-22T09:00:00.000-08:00

what would you do if
you suddenly knew you are
infinite?

–yes; You.

aperturesolution

2011-10-16T13:20:00.000-07:00

squint and i'll be blue,
see all kinds of unTrue. wide-
eyed, I take the world.

wait, or do.

2011-09-18T14:37:00.000-07:00

i've seen you before.
are you aware that we're a
conversation from

a life changing thought
that, no matter how big, waits
quiet and ready?

waterlily

2011-09-07T20:35:00.000-07:00

flash and then it's out
that thing i dreamed about, that
once disarming glow

that burned as much as
shined, too nebulous to know.
out. but i'm not cold

tidal

2011-07-28T20:22:00.000-07:00

a while since i learned
that stagnant water chokes; i
like your ebb and flow

Bearded hitchhiker

2011-07-19T20:21:00.000-07:00

You're learning, you say?
Doesn't matter, stay away–
knowing need not learn.

deep breath

2011-06-29T22:35:00.000-07:00

have you a firefly
at string to your back, towing
your stories in a

bold-patterned sack? have
you a reason to smile at
the air, a dusky

conclusion to your
anywhere? have you a glass
unto faraway

springs, physics and forked
paths and song-words with rings? have
you a feeling, yet?

i have some i could
share; o, what a free breath when
you know it is

there.

upkeep

2011-06-29T22:01:00.000-07:00

this, over my head
let's not seek crossbeams; instead
we might let it float

fly colour, fly

2011-06-10T02:00:00.000-07:00

lucky avenue
that takes the weight of your shoes.
but how do you choose?

free hand

2011-05-16T20:23:00.001-07:00

you must let it go
don't pull, don't push; verily,
what stays with you, should.

rotated

2011-04-18T20:23:00.001-07:00

felicitous turns
of fortune, lucky numbers
when you want them. see.

the shaza

2011-04-18T20:22:00.000-07:00

do you ever feel
when you're standing on ground
that the floor's not enough
that you're weight's
too
profound

that you'll
soon have to jump
or fall backward
and see

what catches you?

flush

2011-04-03T19:25:00.000-07:00

entertain fancies
that wait at the top; climb to
retrieve them, or not

as long as you know
that your cheeks are aglow

while you are climbing

monte cristo'd

2011-03-28T12:04:00.000-07:00

but if we did, we'd
speak in beat-boxed rhymes, nods and
significant glances

•

scratch and scratch a hole,
burrow through to light; then, once
you're on the ledge? jump

(the water's warm, the swimming's good.)

circles

2011-03-21T20:53:00.001-07:00

roundabout we went.
i only stopped when i knew
what i seek will come.

new angle

2011-03-11T13:20:00.000-08:00

my dear, do try; i
have listening ears and my,
i like to hear you.

–honey, won't you let me in–

wound up

2011-02-20T16:16:00.000-08:00

it's your beat that plays
your pattern that weaves, your wrists
that start a new thread

keyholed

2011-02-20T16:14:00.003-08:00

when all you can see
is a tiny, shadow'd square

know there's sun, somewhere

*

why, don't be blue if rust's your preferred hue

good point

2011-02-20T16:14:00.001-08:00

bend your mind to see
there are reasons to just be
all those yous you love

*

i'll swallow your soup
if you spike my lemonade
with cinnamon sticks.

dark room

2011-02-20T16:13:00.001-08:00

i fell into this
and stumbled when i rose, and
then i learned to walk

centrifugally simple

2010-11-28T17:28:00.000-08:00

when it rains, it rains
and when you're up, you're up; come,
keep it spinning 'round

city climb

2010-11-27T17:59:00.000-08:00

alleeoop! swing up
put your weight into it, breathe
one foot at a time

do you?

2010-11-19T22:55:00.000-08:00

you could color skies
with your pretty open eyes,
pyramid at will

stone faced folly

2010-11-11T19:23:00.000-08:00

This one's for tonight:
a nod to your mystery –
and slap on your cheek.

•

[Fine features, moldy crown.]

one-track

2010-09-02T14:00:00.000-07:00

few reasons to sink;
you can muster resolve – go,
and don't over-think

focal point

2010-08-29T08:00:00.000-07:00

i stepped on the cracks
and waited. eyes wide, i stood;
things started to change

be loud

2010-08-21T14:10:00.000-07:00

scream! or don't, your call
– though it would be dramatic,
a rambunctious thrill

under wires

2010-08-18T18:43:00.000-07:00

seems like the globe is
a rubber-band ball, held taut
by collective will

crash, fool

2010-08-16T20:24:00.000-07:00

you fantastic fool
we could all take you to school
but we won't bother.

*

come, on – make it crash!
if you're just as mad as that;
you'll feel lots better.

fall uP

2010-08-09T20:23:00.000-07:00

in a world of frames
i will pull you out and then
we'll make frame ladders

we'll climb to the top,
draw ropes in the air, zip-line
over trees, fall up

movement

2010-08-08T12:01:00.000-07:00

please step lively, dears
this world keeps rocking and here,
we're not planting roots

average 16 on top

2010-08-02T19:26:00.000-07:00

your yellow-tooth grin
–unkempt beacon of bacon,
has no place here, sir.

***

find a friend and cling
to their best ways of doing;
then make them your own

continental

2010-07-25T13:57:00.000-07:00

some, they fly alone
know all routes to be known, and
like spacious branches

they land alone, too.

up-ender

2010-07-03T08:13:00.001-07:00

STOP! I want no more.
In fact, I'll take my hat; there's
something I must do.

spot light

2010-07-03T08:12:00.000-07:00

don't tinsel me, you
verbose bungler of The Crush;
I'd sooner hear truth.

***

wouldja look-a 'ter?
yellah skirt, ayveeatars–
dats a young film star

boy and bird

2010-06-26T20:59:00.000-07:00

i read a story
of a boy who'd never hurt
self-stalled, wouldn't fall

then, one who jumped - deep,
expecting, couldn't keep o'er
the waves; they broke him

both phoenix'd; all's fine
but presuming lost both time

suggestion: love, let.

RGB

2010-06-26T20:47:00.000-07:00

same lights, new jungles
and these forests are deep, rich
canopies, alive

deep bass

2010-06-15T17:39:00.001-07:00

do you acknowledge:
these dream-like occurrences
are stubbornly real

if before, in doubt
you sought assurances, now
it's a beat you feel

***

we sailed a boat once,
out past the docks, and we jumped
off your bow, tandem

our ins and outs

2010-06-15T17:38:00.002-07:00

nostalgic notions
mud and wood hikes, pennies flat
our compelling tides

***

please plait my brown locks
but if you pull my hair, i'll
pull yours; s'only fair.

who's pulling

2010-06-15T17:38:00.001-07:00

some say, in your dreams,
you're third person to the scene–
hands-off narrator

ah, but be awake
and when your tendons pull, pay
mind to who's pulling

diabolical colors

2010-06-15T17:37:00.001-07:00

I dream in pigments–
not only shy reds and blues;
there are wicked hues

cracks

2010-06-05T22:44:00.000-07:00

glad that we have knees
and waists, fingers, since sometimes
I just want to fold

repeat

2010-05-25T09:08:00.000-07:00

notice when you swell
for the smallest happy thing–
add it to a list

stare at it fondly
see it, then throw it away
know what moves you; move

take a number

2010-05-19T22:43:00.000-07:00

don't leave an ink stain

on my brand new hard wood chair
i want to sit there.

origami

2010-05-16T12:43:00.000-07:00

under a dog-ear
you'd hide until not here when
you could if you tried

dapper

2010-05-10T19:42:00.000-07:00

stack your hat, tilt it
shift your stride to match your tease
be street; be neat. be.

bow ward

2010-05-10T19:40:00.000-07:00

our backs to the sun
we kept straight on and dragged 'hind
us, weakened anchors

outposts

2010-04-06T15:01:00.000-07:00

in certain places
streets are stone-washed rivers,
stoops,
for tying your boat

foul breath

2010-04-06T15:00:00.000-07:00

kamikaze kane:
he wore leather, he went, fast–
wore a pinky ring.

*
if you ignore it,
it thickens and tangles and
trips your smooth stride

if you match faces,
stand at-nostrils, in place? then
you've foul breath to hide.

bear hug

2010-04-06T14:59:00.001-07:00

walking from the train
i met a friend; we shivered
and smiled at our laughs

*
wait, you're telling me
that we're all meant to pretend
that we don't yet know?

*
i find, in summer
the mountains are lighter, heights
more easy to carve

best lemons

2010-04-06T14:58:00.001-07:00

if you're attentive
the sky comes out charging and–
big as it is–calms.

*
one million rocks
one vermillion tide; my
eyes on this blue pen.

*
hey, sit next to me.
we'll drink minted lemonades
and watch our sneakers

pebbled us.

2010-04-06T14:56:00.000-07:00

why not make me wait?
go on then, climb your tree and–
shh, sneak back inside

*

this makes me think of
you, me, and all those times we'd
salt our cuffs at sea

sit next to me.

2010-04-06T14:55:00.000-07:00

if you can help it
avoid obfuscation; hey!
fewer words, more true

***

if you'd seen me then
would you've known my sly grin, felt
reverberations?

good form

2010-04-06T14:54:00.000-07:00

erroneous frames
around our nebulous forms;
please feel free to stRETCH

stopping blocks

2010-04-03T10:06:00.000-07:00

us against the 'stop'
solid urging, forward on
we need no limits

mouth muscles

2010-03-26T12:55:00.000-07:00

failing my anger
I breathed,
and relaxed these mouth
muscles
so taut

sun-fever taken,
cloud coddled, air shaken, all
but Now, I forgot

keep it up

2010-03-24T21:04:00.000-07:00

the arch in our backs
finds us strong, and our eyes glint,
betraying our tough

keep straying up while
the ether implores you; it
seems we've the Right Stuff

private pseudonym

2010-03-22T07:53:00.001-07:00

pull up the shades and
set the tea on the sill; there's
a day's worth to do.

***

i made up a name
that i'll call you sometimes, yes?
private pseudonym.

yes, here and there

2010-03-05T13:22:00.000-08:00

why not span the world,
carry your life on your back,
find your self regions

if your migrations
bring you round this way again–
sure, catch up with me.

out lines

2010-03-01T11:00:00.001-08:00

it was so dark that
we had to see by touching
the rough wood-planked floor

***

I see us in lines;
you tend to run straight and I
run like watered paint

seen, sewn

2010-02-22T10:35:00.000-08:00

one night I turned green
waiting for attention and
wanting to be seen

***

pull at rich fringes
'til they ring the world you sew
and fray, beat and used

now approaching

2010-02-17T16:39:00.000-08:00

we're made for walking;
the farther we go, the more
we learn when to slow

my wheels

2010-02-15T18:57:00.001-08:00

it came straight at me
this naked-free-take-on-self
head-on collision

I think you were there
to smile when it hit; sure, you
drove the other car

***

if I'd disembarked,
I'd have never had the chance
to sight-see en route

it's fine though, didn't need that anyway

2010-02-08T19:21:00.000-08:00

ouch! your piercing smarts
and sharp perception got me
at my hidden part.

now with a slashed route,
it's only half pretty and
it'll all pour out.

sweet deep blues

2010-02-01T19:41:00.000-08:00

use your bending spoon
to blend city lights with night
and taste sweet deep blues

yes, I like the edges

2010-01-29T15:26:00.000-08:00

stay 'til the next stop
let the world roll underfoot
from here, catch your breath

and then it's all yours–
street-shadow lively, strong wind;
our outside: music

***

and you'll see, it's all illuminated, like the edges of a photo on fire

clear out

2010-01-25T19:55:00.001-08:00

hey, pull me apart
spill confetti on the bed
let's learn from my head

stay, glow

2010-01-22T06:59:00.000-08:00

when you planned your night
did you think t'd go like this?
fine strung glowing pearls

***

probably, you'll stop
but it won't be til you know
you've
no need
to go

see fore

2010-01-20T06:51:00.000-08:00

your linear points
and my nebulous notions
so often collide

that we might assume
atmospheric conditions
can be set aside

and that somehow, our
far away pinkies are tied:

an iron constellation

if we'd gone into 3D, there

2010-01-18T10:09:00.000-08:00

would've been an end
but we elected to turn
another wild bend

now given these outs,
could it be that we'd rather
stay the X-marked route

or watch door frames blend?

more doors

2010-01-14T17:34:00.000-08:00

in certain circles
it isn't 'the thing' to don't
what the others do

or treat the circles
as striped, neon'd, turning hoops–
then somersault through

step one

2010-01-04T20:22:00.001-08:00

if you had a step
for each time I thought your name,
we could round the world

twenty ten

2010-01-01T11:30:00.000-08:00

on the (near) West Side
our tracks threaded neighborhoods–
new scenes for fresh treads

I dunno 'bout you;
as we navigated through
I enjoyed the ride

upbeat

2009-12-28T16:24:00.001-08:00

you write sheet music
looking up, with nimbus fades,
drop beats, zephyr slides

it's the kind of thing
that would have all people sing
if they'd harmonize

easy colors

2009-12-23T15:21:00.001-08:00

act like it's easy
to strut across any road
and your map unfolds

***

pull out the colors
even if they stubbornly
planned to stay inside

make waves

2009-12-21T18:17:00.000-08:00

it took time to warm
the lines stretching here to there;
now we can make waves

***

find your comfort shell
then lose it for the wind and
persimmon seafoam

sky guitar

2009-12-14T20:03:00.000-08:00

seems we have a tie
twixt your whys and my why-nots
let's just be and know

***

at some point you'll find
that I wasn't being kind;
you're mesmerizing

roots

2009-12-14T20:02:00.001-08:00

you pulled at my
stops

drew me further ac ro ss lines
and my vision blurred

still, with sharpened sense
I took hold of the present,
tossed what you'd interred

***

I have a French poster whose tape does not stick.

bent bars

2009-12-14T19:59:00.000-08:00

I could have told you–
in this bold pattern'd world,
we'd find lines to blur

make it up

2009-12-09T17:43:00.000-08:00

never mind the tolls
as long as you're paying, why,
no one will collect

***

found a way to see
the farthest yonder lands; I
climb attractive hills

light note

2009-12-07T18:57:00.000-08:00

take me, if you will
I'm a lofty conundrum
made of flickered light

and you, you're a note
pin'd to a soulful kid's mind
between truths and dares

the hard to reach places
appeal the most.

certain tugs

2009-12-04T15:02:00.000-08:00

this morning in chill
and still hanging from night threads
I wove warmth from past

so when I awoke
I'd no more full cover, but
insubstantial lace

in any case, I'm
headed out
and I've a new wool coat.

make a point

2009-12-02T14:49:00.001-08:00

someone told her once
to forgive herself quickly
for she'd things to be

mark the spot

2009-11-30T19:37:00.001-08:00

on top of the world
while we watch, we're entertained
no reason to budge

character writing

2009-11-28T07:53:00.000-08:00

we misunderstand
each other more than we should;
you're in character

so indignantly
you stay just slightly aloof
missing all the fun!

yeah, sure

2009-11-25T10:15:00.000-08:00

you're the solution!
aye, but tell me something new.

you're the problem, too.

*

but there's hope, young mind
and it's easiest to find
in gestures of True

front stoop

2009-11-23T18:49:00.000-08:00

pick me up, savvy
there's hardly a better time
for a rendezvouz

first light

2009-11-21T08:06:00.001-08:00

interpret the glow
of every passing light
as another first

Truth-spent

2009-11-18T21:27:00.000-08:00

are you ever spent
or do you thrive on nights that
seem never to end

***

find those places that
allow you more than glimpses
and afford you Truth

***

pause and listen, really

ask for it

2009-11-16T15:01:00.001-08:00

I knew I waited
but I didn't think to call
instead I listened

only now it's clear
that my way onward is here!
I'd only to ask

or stay golden

2009-11-13T05:24:00.001-08:00

given our exits
at times we prefer to stay,
make it to the roof

***

high light and low burns;
if I should name it golden
you'd reconsider

see swell

2009-11-10T20:59:00.001-08:00

swell introductions,
yet negotiating shores
and undercurrents

***

far be it from me;
my bone white flag won't self raise
and you don't own one

walk this way

2009-11-08T19:56:00.001-08:00

alternate music
soundtracks my favorite stride
you can hear it too

***

bluster your day time
or forget your self in dusk
good notions pull on

night hue

2009-11-06T09:16:00.000-08:00

find me a city
that glows brighter blue in the
wildest, twinkling way

cerebral masse

2009-11-04T11:56:00.001-08:00

individuals
en masse, si con la gente
derive momentum

***

give me another
walk around the block, so that
we know well the street

lucky daily

2009-11-01T19:38:00.001-08:00

if you're game, I'll share
some of my lucky numbers;
they change every day

sweet new

2009-10-26T19:30:00.000-07:00

cold air burns the lungs
that stretch against their bounds,
find sweet new limits

every morning

2009-10-26T19:28:00.000-07:00

are you in or out?
pick your battle, choose your side
or simply behold

turn with others

2009-10-26T19:17:00.000-07:00

faintly, I thought you'd
pass a world's turn in this place,
but you'd never need

*

rest on your druthers
and know that often, some will
rely on others'