after feasting
time winds more slowly—sneaky
and unseen
after feasting
time winds more slowly—sneaky
and unseen
pale eye—
its white mirror still so
hot and sharp
the pullover
you’d rather wear—threadbare
at the elbows
blinking and
seeing every hand that
turned your pages
how much is
simply smoke—first reality
seared?
you ghost creature
lurking near—your breath sweet,
familiar, and lost
storms
unvisiting languish—
modeled but moot
even after
we depart, sticks we post
remain sundials
we share
the darkest shame—having
without caring
a chill waited
in the wood path’s dip—ready,
a perverse embrace