two clicks per clack

he walks with a cane but he's able
a liar across the table
he's silent
when he's quiet
he's weaved another fable.

new salute

blouse pulled to the chill
distilled
a musty muslin Flag
and twill
an introspective drag
a lazing flash and brume of slag
atonic downward spirals of the ashes and the frag

au courant d' azincourt
a bodkin's brag,
a coursing stag
ricket knuckles nip a sodden lilting final fag.

the fevered ramblings of a syphilitic brain

That red-checked jacket was a staple of my figure
for two brisk autumns and a mild winter,
now it hangs idle but for stretching at the neck
two states away
provides warmth yet.

brownglass flarefoil

courting a high
a westward drive
a sunshade wards the setting eyes
charming a low
a southern grove
a sunset parry, the evening grows.

tintwind

steeped in evening
sepia air
amber tapestry
weaven hair
magistry
collapsing at the stair.

ecdysis

barely june and new york's trees
already moulting brittle leaves.

salin

he stumbled upon a salt stream
bubbling from a duct spring
into a gaping mouth sea.