2/9/10: Davis Mountains

Eroded faces—

old familiars who at last

warmed to friendship

2/9/10: Radio Waves

Unheard voices slide

without friction, their glances

barely connecting

2/7/10: Witnessed

On his way to church

a child stares at a walk sign’s

mute authority

2/6/10: Sensitivity

Bare branches tremble

as the L passes—reading

it all as quakes

2/5/10: Set Theory

So, the universe

is the box containing all

except the box?

2/4/10: How it Started

He dropped a watch

into the water and set

the whole lake ticking

2/3/10: Dark Fire

Sometimes winter nights

blow in as from bellows and

make nothing ignite

2/2/10: Taken

What you called a ghost—

the curtain’s shadow waving

in a wilting sun

2/1/10: Exotic Shadow

From a dream I wake

to catch a genie half-way

from its bottle

1/31/10: New Instructions

Ahead, broken lines

form larger gaps—so dream

from place to place