52/365, palito

relive the pale bones
in pain and poverty. laughs, smiles
live beyond last breaths.

51/365, beneath the barrel

i see her scraping
the bottom of the barrel
and she falls over.

50/365, halfway to a hundred

i’m a cannonball
spitting on a wishing well.
crash, i’m the last splash

* - from the breeders, “cannonball”

49/365, hotter than hell

the sun is burning
the sky is a giant lens.
a hole through my soul

48/365, tequila

tequila sunrise
from my tongue, down to my throat
sunset, watch them burn

47/365, 79 degrees

at the dead of night
thick clouds of smog trap the heat
like on hot mornings.

46/365, after valentine’s

after valentine’s
hands, lips, hearts were together
when we closed our eyes

45/365, valentine

at night, as we walked
i waited for the kisses
of my valentine

44/365, waiting

time passes slowly
the leaves. the rain. they all fall
as i wait, and want.

43/365, if morning comes not

if morning comes not
i will wait for night to pass
for the sun to rise.